seismic
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Goodspeed travels back to the 18th century to downturns in the U.S. and the United Kingdom to explain why the common narrative that one seismic shock will flip an economy on its head is wrong.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Woods’s contributions to the game of golf are seismic, but he doesn’t need to be reminded of that for a while.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Previous studies based on seismic recordings suggested that earthquakes like this may involve a pulse-like rupture and slightly curved motion along the fault.
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026
The 1933 Long Beach earthquake, magnitude 6.4, killed more than a hundred people, but it also made seismic safety a requirement throughout the state.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
On the other side of the world, beneath the Atlantic Ocean, the tectonic plates are moving apart, or diverging, which creates a more stable seismic environment.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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