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earthquake

[urth-kweyk] / ˈɜrθˌkweɪk /


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The 1990s of anti-immigrant policies, the Northridge earthquake and the riots?

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

These shorter faults are not usually included in national earthquake hazard calculations because they are considered too small to produce very large earthquakes.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

If so, they could function as a widespread system of natural earthquake brakes that prevents some ruptures from escalating into even larger events.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

"We have our earthquake machine... Now we have to play with the parameters," said Frederic Massin, a French seismologist and technical expert, as he studied his screen for clues to what had caused the outage.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

It had been an ordinary, unremarkable Thursday afternoon when the first earthquake rolled the ground.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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