SOLUTION: determine the richter scale measure to the nearest 0.01 of an earthquake that had an intensity of I = 101,620,000 I base 0

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Question 63854: determine the richter scale measure to the nearest 0.01 of an earthquake that had an intensity of I = 101,620,000 I base 0
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The Richter scale is the logarithm of the intensity compared with the base level intensity so using a calculator log(101 620 000) = 8.01