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A magnitude 9 earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone could create tsunami wave heights that would wash away coastal towns, destroy U.S.

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The earthquakes — which maxed out at magnitude 3.5 before sunrise Sunday — had an epicenter in the San Bernardino Mountains about four miles north of Big Bear Airport.

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“No city, no county, no governmental agency is ever ready for a disaster of this magnitude. It’s always going to be chaos.”

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At least 69 people have been killed and dozens injured after a powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the central Philippines late on Tuesday.

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The attempts made by England's representatives to articulate the magnitude of their achievement provoked much laughter.

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