Practice problem

Richter Scale Is Logarithmic

Earthquake AA has wave amplitude 100100 times smaller than that of Earthquake BB.

What is the difference in their magnitudes using the Richter scale? In other words, find magnitude of A − magnitude of B.\text{magnitude of A $-$ magnitude of B}.

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