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== [[Richter scale]] ==
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For reference, going from a 7.0 to an 8.0 is a 10x increase in magnitude. Going from 7.9 to 8.0 is a 1.25x magnitude increase. To get this number, it is log<sup>-1</sup>(8.0 - 7.9), giving 1.2589... --[[User:Rutm|Rutm]] 13:42, 16 August 2007 (EDT)