| The famous log scale. | |||||||||
| If you live in California you should be familiar with a famous log scale. | |||||||||
| It is called the Richter Scale, it measures an earthquake's power. | |||||||||
| So an earthquake with a Richter reading of | 4 | ||||||||
| has a certain power. If another earthquake with a Richter reading of | 5 | ||||||||
| occurs, how much more powerful is it. | |||||||||
| Since Richter readings are in log form then a 5 is 10 times more powerful than a 4 | |||||||||
| So the difference between a 3 and a 7 magnitude is substantial. | |||||||||
| A 7 is 10,000 more powerful than a 3. | |||||||||
| For more information try: | |||||||||
| https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/measure.php | |||||||||