Illustration: At a science museum, a child operates an earthquake demonstration with two transparent ground models. Each contains an underground fault held under tension, with small mechanical indicators showing the energy released when it slips.

マグニチュード

magunichuudo

earthquake magnitude

Example sentences

マグニチュード５の地震じしんが東京とうきょうを見舞みまった。
An earthquake of magnitude 5 shook Tokyo.
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その地震じしんは大変大たいへんおおきく、マグニチュード5.2もあった。
The earthquake was very severe, with a magnitude of 5.2.
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本日ほんじつ、マグニチュード８．８の巨大地震きょだいじしんが日本列島にほんれっとうを襲おそいました。
A massive earthquake of magnitude 8.8 hit the Japanese islands today.
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