tremor

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More than 3,800 people in Myanmar -- and around 90 more in neighbouring Thailand -- were killed when the 7.7-magnitude tremor struck on March 28, 2025.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

"We heard a bit of a thud and felt a tremor, and we saw a number of people moving quickly out of the shopping centre," he told the BBC.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Unless you stomp on the accelerator, it initially moves out on electric power and the gas engine soon joins in, sending a subtle, snoozy tremor through the structure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Two minor earthquakes hit Lancashire in as many weeks in December, with the epicentre of the 2.5 magnitude tremor located off the coast of Silverdale, in Morecambe Bay.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

This was a new type of earthquake at Mount St. Helens: a harmonic tremor.

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