The 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan, one of the strongest ever recorded, released 3 .9 x 1029 ergs of energy, about 10 billion times as much energy as a mild earthquake that rattles the windows in a house. What are the magnitudes of the mild (1021 ergs of energy) and Tohoku earthquakes?

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The 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan, one of the strongest ever recorded, released 3 .9 x 1029 ergs of energy, about 10 billion times as much energy as a mild earthquake that rattles the windows in a house. What are the magnitudes of the mild (1021 ergs of energy) and Tohoku earthquakes?

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