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More than 130 aftershocks, with magnitudes ranging from 1.3 to 6.7, were recorded after the initial quake.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The quakes occur about every five to six years, repeatedly rupturing nearly the same sections of the fault and reaching nearly identical magnitudes.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Fed researchers found that the magnitudes of the gaps between households were noticeably larger during the latest gasoline price spike.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Seismic swarms have occurred in 2002, 2003 and 2015 in the San Ramon area; and in 2018 around nearby Danville — with similar characteristics and magnitudes, Baltay said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Leavitt’s genius was to realize that by comparing the relative magnitudes of Cepheids at different points in the sky you could work out where they were in relation to each other.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson