magnitude
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A magnitude 5.9 earthquake is typically strong enough to cause noticeable shaking and slight property damage, according to the Michigan Tech Earthquake Magnitude Scale.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
Magnitude is far from a complete measure of a specific quake’s destructiveness.
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2024
That 2011 tsunami, generated by a Magnitude 9.0 earthquake in the seafloor off Japan, spawned waves up to 40 meters high that traveled as far as 10 kilometers inland.
From Scientific American • Mar. 1, 2023
Magnitude alone does not determine the full extent of an earthquake’s damage.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2023
A modest fellow, he never referred to the scale by his own name, but always called it "the Magnitude Scale."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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