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Magnitudes on the Richter scale are measured logarithmically, with each whole number increase representing ten times more in measured amplitude.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Magnitudes are corrected for Galactic extinction along the line of sight51.

From Nature • Oct. 15, 2017

Magnitudes are corrected for Galactic extinction along the line of sight51.

From Nature • Oct. 15, 2017

Magnitudes must be located behind or below the drawing surface.

From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Klapper, Paul

Magnitudes have the same ratio to one another that their equimultiples have— ma : mb = a : b.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various