One useful point about the moment magnitude scale is that it is logarithmic, where each whole number represents a factor of 32. Therefore, the difference in two whole numbers of the magnitude means that an earthquake is 1,000 times stronger. For example, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake releases 1,000 times more energy than a 5.0 one.
<span>If
the population is separated long enough, this means that random sampling in mating
and reproduction, that occurred in the
initial population has been restricted</span><span>. The two population will, therefore, adapt to
their local environments and become reproductively isolated
with time. After long periods of time, the two lizards population will have different
alleles and will not be able to mate and
produce viable offsprings hence will have
speciated.</span>
