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How many times stronger is an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 than an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0?
The Richter scales grows by powers of 10, so an increase of 1 point means the strength of an earth quake is 10 times greater than the level before it; for example, and earthquake registering 3.0 on the Richter scale is 10 times stronger than a quake that registered 2.0
How many times is 6.2 earthquake stronger than a 5.2 eaeth quake?
10 times. In the scale or richter (I don't know how to write it correctly but it is the scale in with we count the power of an earthquake) each time you increase by 1 you mutliply by 10, so a 6 earthquake is a 10x5 earthquake which is a 100x4, which is a 1000x3 which is a 10000x2 which is a 100000x1. Hope that helped.
Why do the chances of an earthquake increase rather than decrease as time passes since the last earthquake?
stress builds up on a fault line over time and then releases all of the stress in an earthquake.
Would a strong or light earthquake be more likely to happen along a major fault where there have not beenmany recent earthquakes?
The description suggests that elastic strain energy may be building up on the fault. This occurs if the fault is not free to move. This energy is dissipated by earthquakes. If non have occurred and this energy is continuing to be stored then the longer the time period since an earthquake, the larger / stronger the potential earthquake. I know this makes no sense but whatever
How long do people have to escape from an earthquake?
no time ....
