magnitude
Example Sentences
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Curious onlookers filmed the scene on their smartphones, many still incredulous at the speed and magnitude of the day's events.
From Barron's
A massive earthquake of magnitude 8.8 in Russia brought tsunami alerts to a wide swath of the Pacific.
From Los Angeles Times
“The magnitude was much worse than expected,” Morgan Stanley wrote in April, after “Liberation Day.”
By then, the supernova should have faded by more than two magnitudes, making it easier to fully study the faint host galaxy and confirm exactly how much light came from the supernova itself.
From Science Daily
The two largest earthquakes occurred just hours apart near Loch Lyon in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, when a 3.7 magnitude tremor was registered on 20 October, followed by one of 3.6.
From BBC
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