An earthquake of magnitude 2 on Richter scale is:

(a) two times as strong as an earthquake of magnitude 1

(b) four times as strong as an earthquake of magnitude 1

(c) ten times as strong as an earthquake of magnitude 1

(d) hundred times as strong as an earthquake of magnitude 1

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(c) ten times as strong as an earthquake of magnitude 1

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