Various locations of earthquakes and their intensities are given below What was the magnitude on the Richter scale a) San Francisco, California, 1906 107 7 I0 b) Chile, 1960 109 5 I0 c) Iran, 2003 106 6 I0 d) Turkey, 1999 107 4 I0 e) Peru, 2007 108 0 I0 f) China, 2008 107 9 I0 g) Indonesia, 2004 10...

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Various locations of earthquakes and their intensities are given below. What was the magnitude on the Richter

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Various locations of earthquakes and their intensities are given below. What was the magnitude on the Richter scale?
a) San Francisco, California, 1906: 107.7 ˆ™ I0
b) Chile, 1960: 109.5 ˆ™ I0
c) Iran, 2003: 106.6 ˆ™ I0
d) Turkey, 1999: 107.4 ˆ™ I0
e) Peru, 2007: 108.0 ˆ™ I0
f) China, 2008: 107.9 ˆ™ I0
g) Indonesia, 2004: 109.1 ˆ™ I0
h) Sumatra, 2004: 109.3 ˆ™ I0