Re: Wave Intensity vs Energy

["Bernard G. Cleyet & Nancy Ann Seese" <georgeann@REDSHIFT.COM>]

To save a few "key strokes."

http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/general/handouts/richter.html

hidden in the text (in the above) is:

"Because of the logarithmic basis of the scale, each whole number increase in
magnitude represents a tenfold increase in measured amplitude; as an estimate of
energy, each whole number step in the magnitude scale corresponds to the release
of about 31 times more energy than the amount associated with the preceding
whole number value. "

bc


Tony Wayne wrote:

> I was reading about Richter scales and how the scale is logarithmic. Which
> implies that a single digit increase on the scale means the intensity is 10
> times stronger with about 32 times more energy.
>
> What is the mathematical relationship between wave intensity and energy?
> -tony