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Consider the following statements.1. The Richter scale is a logarithmic scale and so an increase of 1 magnitude unit represents a factor of 10 in amplitude.2. Each integer reading of the Richter scale has an energy 100 times than the previous integer reading. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

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Consider the following statements.<br />1. The Richter scale is a logarithmic scale and so an increase of 1 magnitude unit represents a factor of 10 in amplitude.<br />2. Each integer reading of the Richter scale has an energy 100 times than the previous integer reading. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?






 
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