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Select the correct answer. The Richter scale measures the magnitude, M, of an earthquake as a function of its intensity, I, and the intensity of a reference earthquake, . In 2009 an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 hit Costa Rica. What was the intensity of this earthquake, assuming the reference value was 1?