The intensity levels I of two earthquakes measured on a seismograph can be compared by the formula log = M1 M2 12 where M is the magnitude given by the Richter Scale. In August 2009, an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hit Honshu, Japan. On 27 February 2010 , Bio-bio, Chile, was hit with a more devastating earthquake, this time with a magnitude of 8.8. To the nearest whole number, how many times greater was the intensity of the 27 February 2010 earthquake