An earthquake in Peru was measured at 5.3 on the Richter Scale. The following day a second earthquake with one third of the intensity of the first hits the same region. What was its magnitude to the nearest tenth? Remember that the formula is M=log). [44]
An earthquake in Peru was measured at 5.3 on the Richter Scale. The following day a second earthquake with one third of the intensity of the first hits the same region. What was its magnitude to the nearest tenth? Remember that the formula is M=log). [44]
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earthquake with one third of the intensity of the first hits the same region. What was its
magnitude to the nearest tenth? Remember that the formula is M=log(). [44]
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