Author Question: Using the Richter magnitude scale, the amplitude of motion in a 7.0 magnitude earthquake is ____ ... (Read 169 times)

tatyanajohnson · **on:** Jul 13, 2018

Using the Richter magnitude scale, the amplitude of motion in a 7.0 magnitude earthquake is ____ times the motion in a 5.0 magnitude earthquake.
a. 1.4
b. 2
c. 100
d. 10
e. 32

Question 2

Which type of waves are called body waves because they move through the interior of Earth?
a. P waves only
b. S waves only
c. surface waves only
d. S waves and surface waves
e. S and P waves