earthquake
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Immerzeel said it was "potentially weakened by the 2015 earthquake" and "destabilised further" by glacier and permafrost retreat.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Only the biggest one or two are going to survive the coming technological earthquake and mass corporate consolidation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Last week, a magnitude 3.2 earthquake hit the same fault zone near Compton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
France's national warning center, meanwhile, is designed to send its initial alert to authorities within 15 minutes of a potentially dangerous earthquake.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
He wished he knew whether Mom and Dad had made it to town before the earthquake hit.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
The twin earthquakes on June 24, which killed 6,500 people in Venezuela, were an inflection point for her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
But information posted by the organization says micro-quakes aren’t a predictor of larger earthquakes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The earthquakes ranged in magnitude from 1.0 to 2.7, from 8:05 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Farther south, the movement of the African and Eurasian plates creates another source of potentially powerful earthquakes off North Africa.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
In September 1955, Mount Bezymianny had begun to shake with earthquakes, just as Mount St. Helens had.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Vocabulary lists containing earthquake
Physical Geography - Introductory
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