A seismic station records an earthquake that has a maximum surface wave amplitude of 20 mm and the S-wave arrives 40 seconds after the P-wave. The Richter magnitude of this earthquake is
A) 4.5.
B) 5.
C) 5.5.
D) 6.
Answer: C
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