earthquake
Example Sentences
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The latest swarm has been centered in the East Bay suburb of San Ramon, where a magnitude 4 earthquake struck Friday night — the largest since the cluster began — and a magnitude 3.9 on Saturday night.
From Los Angeles Times
These included vibrations from small earthquakes, glacier motion, slope deformation, and other sources of seismic background noise.
From Science Daily
A series of earthquakes strike central Myanmar, rocking the war-torn country’s second-largest city and shaking skyscrapers in neighboring Thailand.
Why was the nation’s most populous county, built on land vulnerable to intense fire, flooding and earthquakes, not more prepared?
From Los Angeles Times
The powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28, 2025, has given researchers an uncommon chance to observe how some of the planet's most dangerous fault systems behave, including faults similar to California's San Andreas.
From Science Daily
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