For two earthquakes located the same distance away, the ground shaking produced by a Richter magnitude 4 earthquake would be ___ times greater than the ground shaking produced by a magnitude 3 earthquake.

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The Richter scale is logarithmic, meaning each whole number increase on the scale represents a tenfold increase in measured amplitude. Thus, a magnitude 4 earthquake would produce ground shaking 10 times greater than that of a magnitude 3 earthquake.

For Two Earthquakes Located the Same Distance Away, the Ground