Statement I: Earthquake ‘A’ is 5 on the Richter scale and Earthquake ‘B’ is 8 on the same scale. Earthquake ‘B’ has 1000 times the wave amplitude compared to ‘A’.Statement II: The energy released in ‘B’ is three times that of ‘A’.Choose the correct option:

• A. Statement I am correct and Statement II is incorrect
• B. Statement I and II are correct
• C. Statement II is correct and I is incorrect
• D. Statement I and II are incorrect