8. An earthquake in Japan registered 7.2 on the Richter scale. Another earthquake, in India, was 25 times as intense as the one in Japan. what was the magnitude of the earthquake in India? $M_2-M_1= log(\frac{I_2}{I_1})$ (3 marks)
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