document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=151242>Question 151242</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If an earthquake measured 5.9 on the Richter scale, what was the intensity of the earthquake? Use the formula M=log(A/Ao). </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "5.9 = log(A/Ao)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A/Ao = 10^5.9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 794,328.2347Ao<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The intensity was 794,328.2347 times the intensity of the smallest earthquake<BR>\n" );
document.write( "detectable with the seismograph used.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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