earthquake
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The researchers emphasize that their findings should not be interpreted as a forecast of an earthquake date.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
The family arrived “right before the Northridge earthquake, so that was our welcome to L.A.,” he says, adding that his family was living nearby in Van Nuys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
When that stored energy is finally released, the result can be an earthquake.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Orelien fled his native Haiti following a 2010 earthquake that struck the Caribbean island, already ravaged by poverty and unrest.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Now, in the devastation of the earthquake, Jonathan again found comfort in the dog’s presence.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
The park service said earthquakes during the 2018 Kīlauea volcano eruption and summit collapse had damaged the cliffs near the arch.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Nobody knows where the Shakespeare nickname came from, but city officials designated the bridge as L.A.’s Historic-Cultural Monument No. 126 in 1974 and retrofitted it in the 1990s to better withstand earthquakes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The expanded analysis strengthened the case that the unusual sediment structures were produced by earthquakes on both fault systems occurring close together in time.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Powerful earthquakes are one of the events capable of triggering these submarine landslides.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
"You can count on that. This is a big fault zone for earthquakes."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing earthquake
Physical Geography - Introductory
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