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    An Earthquake with Magnitude 8
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An Earthquake with Magnitude 8

Question 10

Question 10

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An earthquake with magnitude 8.0 releases ____________ the energy of an earthquake with magnitude 4.0.


A) twice
B) four hundred times
C) two hundred times
D) ten thousand times

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