Earthquake Strength

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On the Richter scale for measuring earthquake strength, an earthquake with a given reading on the scale is 10 times stronger than an earthquake with a reading of 1 less on the scale. If earthquake A measures 2 on the scale and earthquake B is 1,000 times stronger than earthquake A, how does earthquake B measure on the scale?