Question
Is the magnitude of an earthquake related to depth below the surface at which the quake occurs?
Magnitude: 2.9,4.2,3.3,4.5,1.6,3.2,3.4,3.9
Depth:5.0,10.0,11.2,10.0,7.9,3.9,5.5,8.1
Equation: y=4.12+1.06x
Question: does it make sense to predict the depth below the surface when the magnitude is 12.1? Please explain
Magnitude: 2.9,4.2,3.3,4.5,1.6,3.2,3.4,3.9
Depth:5.0,10.0,11.2,10.0,7.9,3.9,5.5,8.1
Equation: y=4.12+1.06x
Question: does it make sense to predict the depth below the surface when the magnitude is 12.1? Please explain
Answers
Damon
If you got that linear equation by regression analysis on the data above then yes and it does make sense as far as we know from the data.
Niki
Thank you