earthquakes

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Donovan, 44, played 15 seasons with the Galaxy and San José Earthquakes, arguably saving MLS by returning from an unsuccessful stint in Germany at a time when the league was in danger of going bankrupt.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Earthquakes are usually chaotic and difficult to study, but this one occurred along an unusually straight and geologically "mature" fault, creating nearly ideal conditions to examine how energy is released during a major continental rupture.

From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025

Earthquakes later destroyed the church and left it under the lake.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Earthquakes are a near-daily occurrence in the Philippines, which is situated on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity stretching from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.

From Barron's • Oct. 11, 2025

"Earthquakes are generally a precursor of volcanic eruptions, but the park already has lots of earthquakes–1,260 of them last year. Most of them are too small to be felt, but they are earthquakes nonetheless."

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