Following a shallow earthquake, twenty residents located througout the affected region were surveyed to guage the level of destruction. Their observations were quantified using the Modified Mercalli scale. Which of the following figures best describes the relationship between earthquake intensity and distance from the earthquake epicenter. Assume that bedrock is the same throughout the region.

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