Unless indicated otherwise, round all answers to the nearest ten-thousandth.

The magnitude M of an earthquake is represented by the equation where E is the amount of energy released by the earthquake in joules and E₀ = 10^4.4 is the assigned minimal measure released by an earthquake. To the nearest hundredth, what would the magnitude be of an earthquake releasing 1.4 · 10¹³ joules of energy? 

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2 = -log( 3 M = E E 0