How many times greater is the maximum ground motion of a magnitude 4 earthquake compared with that of a magnitude 2 earthquake?How many times greater is the maximum ground motion of a magnitude 4 earthquake compared with...?As far the saking is concern it is 100 times more than scale 2.as far the energy release is concern it is about 1005 times more as far the acceleration is concern it about see the chart.
Mercalli scale Acceleration Richter scale
I 1cm/s
II 2.5 cm/s 3.5
III 5 cm/s 4.2
IV 10 cm/s 4.8
V 25 cm/s 5.4
VI 50 cm/s 6.1
VII 75 cm/s 6.5
VIII 100 cm/s 6.9
IX 250cm/s 7.3
X 500 cm/s 7.5
XI 750 cm/s 8.1
XII 980 cm/s over 8.1
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