34. The Surface wave magnitude of an earthquake was misreported as 5 with seismic energy E. if the correct magnitude of the earthquake is 7, then the seismic energy generated by the earthquake will be
(Thanks to Pragnath, AU)
Solution:
$log(\frac{E_{7}}{E_{5}})=\frac{15.3}{12.3}$
$E_{7}=10^{1.5*2}*E_{5}$
Answer is 1000E
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