magnitude
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At least five people have died after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia early on Saturday morning, according to the provincial governor.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The initial jolt was followed by strong aftershocks in the same area, including one with a magnitude of 6.1.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
But he said that given the magnitude of the supply shortage, “we have to look at all options,” including working with existing suppliers to increase U.S. production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The Hayward fault’s most memorable earthquake in recorded history was an estimated magnitude 6.8 in 1868.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
These, Bono illuminates for me in asides, and for the first time, I fully comprehended the magnitude of human story in our endeavor and the intricacies stashed like clockwork behind the regularity of our uniforms.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
With every passing hour, it becomes a little trickier to find food and water in the markets of La Guaira, which was decimated by Wednesday's quakes of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
The death toll from last week's quakes - with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 - has risen to 1,943 with more than 10,000 people injured and tens of thousands more unaccounted for.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
“At these magnitudes, half of it time-based just seems too much.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
The twin quakes — with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 — struck the nation within 39 seconds just after 6 p.m on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
From the comfortable vantage of modernity, such magnitudes seem safe bets.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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