SOLUTION: The largest earthquake in the US occurred in Alaska on March 28, 1964. It registered a magnitude of 9.2. How much energy was released in this earthquake? In the blank below, fil
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Question 1120054: The largest earthquake in the US occurred in Alaska on March 28, 1964. It registered a magnitude of 9.2. How much energy was released in this earthquake? In the blank below, fill-in the missing part of the answer.
The energy released was 1.58 x 10^??.
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Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The units for the seismic moment are newton-meters
log 9.2 is 1.58 x 10^9
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