An earthquake of magnitude 6 has ____ times more destructive energy than that of magnitude 4 on Richter scale.

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100

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1000

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The correct option is C 100
A Richter scale is a device used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake. It is a non-linear scale.
The Richter scale is a base 10 logarithmic scale that is used to measure the magnitude of the earthquake.
This means that an earthquake with magnitude 6 would be 10 times stronger than magnitude 5 and 100 times stronger than magnitude 4.

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