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The difference of magnitudes of earthquakes, according to the Richter scale, is given by M? - M? = log(I? / I?). If Earthquake 1 has magnitude 6.5 and Earthquake 2 has magnitude 5.0, determine how many times greater the intensity of Earthquake 1 is than that of Earthquake 2.

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