noun
magnitude; earthquake magnitude
A numerical measure of size or strength; in ordinary Japanese it is especially common in earthquake reports, where it refers to the magnitude of the earthquake itself, not the local shaking intensity.
地震のマグニチュードは7.0だった。
The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.0.
マグニチュードが大きいほど、地震の規模も大
The larger the magnitude, the larger the scale of the earthquake.