Earthquake Power Calculator

For each of the following Richter scale measurements, your python program should perform the
appropriate calculations and display the equivalent amount of energy in joules and in tons TNT Explosion:

• 1.0
• 5.0
• 9.0 (Kamchatka, 1952)
• 9.1 (Indonesia earthquake, 2004)
• 9.5 (Chile earthquake, 1960)

Your program should prompt the user to enter a Richter scale Value, accept a floating point number representing that measurement, perform the appropriate calculations, and display the equivalent amount of energy in joules and in tons of exploded TNT for that user-selected value. 

You can visit Earthquake Power Calculator, to get some insight about the problem.  To raise a number to a power, use the ** operator. Your output should look like this.

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Python Code

import math 

def Richter_Joules( scale ):
sum=(1.5*scale)+4.8
return 10**sum


def Richter_TNT( R_scale ):
val=Richter_Joules(R_scale)/(4.184*10**9)    # One ton TNT yields 4.184x109 #joules
return val

L=[1.0,  5.0,  9.0,  9.1,  9.5]


def main( ):

print( "Richter       Joules                      TNT" )

print("{ }    { }         { }".format( L[0],  Richter_Joules( L[0] ),  Richter_TNT( L[0] ) ))
print("{ }    { }         { }".format( L[1],  Richter_Joules( L[1] ),  Richter_TNT( L[1] ) ))
print("{ }    { }      { }".format( L[2],  Richter_Joules( L[2] ),    Richter_TNT( L[2] ) ))
print("{ }    { }      { }".format( L[3],  Richter_Joules( L[3] ),    Richter_TNT( L[3] ) ))
print("{ }    { }     { }".format( L[4],   Richter_Joules( L[4] ),    Richter_TNT( L[4] ) ))

print("\n")

r=float( input( "Please enter a Richter Scale Value : " ) )

print( "Richter Scale Value: ", r)
RJ = Richter_Joules(r)
RT = Richter_TNT(r)
print( "Equivalence in joule:", RJ)
print( "Equivalence in tons of TNT: ", RT)

main()