One way of measuring the amount of energy released by an earthquake is the
richter scale. each increase of one unit on the richter scale shows a 100
increase in the strength of the earthquake. what determines how strong
earthquake will be?
a
distance from the epicenter of the earthquake
b amount of stress released by the elastic rebound of rock
c the temperature of the rock just before the earthquake begins
d the density of population and buildings near the epicenter of the earthquake
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