According to Gutenberg and Richter's 1956 paper the relationship between the magnitude (M) of an earthquake...

 

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According to Gutenberg and Richter's 1956 paper the relationship between the magnitude (M) of an earthquake and the energy (E) released due to it is (in units of joules): log E 4.8 +1.5M a) Please write a function called eq_energy_compare where a user can compare two different earthquakes (both at the same time) in terms of the energy released by entering their respective magnitudes as inputs. The function should produce 3 separate outputs: energy for the first event, energy for the second event and the ratio between them. b) Call your function to compare an M7.0 event to an M6.8 event. c) Show how big the 1999 zmit earthquake (M7.6) was when compared to the 2020 Sisam/Samos Island earthquake (M6.9). d) If you assume that the 1945 Hiroshima explosion released around 6.3x10 Joules of energy, how much bigger or smaller is the energy released during an M7.0 earthquake? Tip: Do not use input() or disp(). According to Gutenberg and Richter's 1956 paper the relationship between the magnitude (M) of an earthquake and the energy (E) released due to it is (in units of joules): log E 4.8 +1.5M a) Please write a function called eq_energy_compare where a user can compare two different earthquakes (both at the same time) in terms of the energy released by entering their respective magnitudes as inputs. The function should produce 3 separate outputs: energy for the first event, energy for the second event and the ratio between them. b) Call your function to compare an M7.0 event to an M6.8 event. c) Show how big the 1999 zmit earthquake (M7.6) was when compared to the 2020 Sisam/Samos Island earthquake (M6.9). d) If you assume that the 1945 Hiroshima explosion released around 6.3x10 Joules of energy, how much bigger or smaller is the energy released during an M7.0 earthquake? Tip: Do not use input() or disp().