Consider the following statements: I. > The Richter Scale is a logarithmic scale and so an increase of one magnitude unit represents a factor of 10 times in amplitude. II. > Each integer reading of the Richter scale has an energy 100 times that of the pre

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Q: 22 (IAS/2006)
Consider the following statements:
I. The Richter Scale is a logarithmic scale and so an increase of one magnitude unit represents a factor of 10 times in amplitude.
II. Each integer reading of the Richter scale has an energy 100 times that of the previous integer reading.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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{'richter scale': [1, 0, 1, 0], 'logarithmic scale': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'magnitude unit': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'amplitude': [1, 0, 7, 8], 'integer reading': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'previous integer reading': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'energy': [0, 0, 1, 2], 'increase': [3, 1, 10, 35], 'factor': [1, 1, 2, 2]}