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The Richter scale measures the magnitude, M, of an earthquake as a function of its intensity, I, and the intensity of a reference earthquake, . Which equation calculates the magnitude of an earthquake with an intensity 10,000 times that of the reference earthquake?

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M = log(10,000)

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