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The Richter scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake based on the amplitude of seismic waves. It is a logarithmic scale, meaning that each whole number increase in magnitude represents a tenfold increase in the amplitude of the seismic waves. For example, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6 is 10 times stronger than an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.

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