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On September 25, 2003 two earthquakes shook Hokkaido, Japan. The second earthquake
released 10 times as much seismic energy as the first. Compare (algebraically) the magnitudes of the
two earthquakes. [Richter scale: M = 2 log( E ), E0 =104.4 joules]
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