On December 26, 2003, a major earthquake rocked southeastern Iran. In Bam, 30,000 people were killed, and 85% of buildings were damaged or destroyed. The energy released measured 2 X 10¹⁴ joules. Calculate the magnitude of the 2003 Iran earthquake with the Richter scale.

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