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Seismology In 1812, an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 shook New Madrid,

Missouri. Compare the amount of energy released by that earthquake to the
amount of energy released by each earthquake below.
magnitude 9.5 in Valdivia, Chile, in 1960

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I think it’s 39.81. I don’t know if that was the answer to YOUR question but I’m pretty sure that’s comparing the energy
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