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Meanings of magnitude scale in anglès

rus
магнитуда
portuguès
magnitude sísmica
espanyol
escalas de magnitud sísmica

Magnitude of an earthquake.

магнитуда
Usage of magnitude scale in anglès
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Its rankings are similar to the Richter or the moment magnitude scale for earthquakes.
Reuters
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That gets us the aptly named moment magnitude scale, which supplanted the Richter scale in popular use in the 1970s.
Wired
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The first earthquake reported in Cape Town this weekend measured 2.5 on the same magnitude scale.
The South African
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The earthquake registered a preliminary 2.5 on the local magnitude scale, as recorded by SA's Seismograph network.
The South African
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Measuring at 2.3 on the local magnitude scale, the Sunday tremor was a relatively subdued seismic event.
The South African
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A further 66 quakes reached a magnitude of 7.0-7.9 and 385 scored 6.0-6.9 on the Richter magnitude scale.
Reuters
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A modest fellow, he never referred to the scale by his own name, but always called it "the Magnitude Scale.")
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