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Mention the range of richter scale.
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The range of the Richter scale, which measures the magnitude (energy released at the epicenter) of an earthquake, is from 1 to 10. It expresses magnitude in whole numbers and decimal fractions. Each whole number increase on the richter scale corresponds to a tenfold increase in amplitude and about 31 times more energy released.
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Chapter 7: Earthquakes - SOLVE AND SCORE [Page 69]
