earthquake

Example Sentences

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"I thought it was an earthquake. I was sitting down and I fell on the floor, along with the other passengers," one man told Ansa news agency.

From BBC

The team also deployed seismic instruments that detected a series of glacier earthquakes during the period of rapid retreat.

From Science Daily

Around 880 tonnes of hazardous material remain inside the power station, the site of one of the world's worst nuclear accidents after a tsunami was triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake.

From Barron's

Microsoft's Jakarta facilities, spread out to mitigate risks from earthquakes and floods, are part of a $1.7 billion investment with a potential "hyperscale" capacity that would need hundreds of megawatts of electricity.

From Barron's

Under certain conditions, these forces might contribute to the start of large earthquakes.

From Science Daily