Between magnitude 7 and magnitude 8 earthquakes,about how much harder is the shaking (how much increase in the acceleration of the ground) ?
A) actually less acceleration because the frequency is lower
B) not much
C) twice as hard
D) about 10 times
E) about 32 times
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