Multiple Choice
The Richter magnitude scale is logarithmic,each 1-point increase on the scale corresponds to a
A) 100-fold increase in the amplitude of ground shaking.
B) 30-fold increase in the amplitude of ground shaking.
C) 10-fold increase in the amplitude of ground shaking.
D) an increase of 30 times the energy for each magnitude.
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