SOLUTION: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake had a magnitude of 7.9 on the MMS scale. Around the same time there was an earthquake in South America with magnitude 4.4 that caused only minor d
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Question 1163331: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake had a magnitude of 7.9 on the MMS scale. Around the same time there was an earthquake in South America with magnitude 4.4 that caused only minor damage. How many times more intense was the earth movement in San Francisco earthquake than the South American one?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Subtract the smaller magnitude from the larger. Raise 10 to the power of the result (use the 
function on your windows calculator in scientific mode).
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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