magnitude
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Strong aftershocks were felt in the same area, including one with a magnitude of 6.1.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The road to recovery is long, and some patients "still haven't really grasped the magnitude of what happened to them," Bianca Damaso, a physician specializing in prosthetics, told AFP.
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 earthquake hit at 8:30 a.m. and was initially reported as magnitude 4.1, then 3.9, before being downgraded to 3.8.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The ratio of misery to pleasure was greater by an order of magnitude than any other mountain I’d been on; I quickly came to understand that climbing Everest was primarily about enduring pain.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
But the magnitudes aren’t what matters, it’s the direction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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
An employee who asked to remain anonymous said that the institution has received "a great many" bodies since the day of the two earthquakes, magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, and is overwhelmed.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 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
Hipparchus anticipated that stars come into being, slowly move during the course of centuries and eventually perish; it was he who first catalogued the positions and magnitudes of the stars to detect such changes.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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