quake
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A series of powerful aftershocks rocked the area from about two hours after the first quake, while hundreds of tiny tremors followed.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Monday's quake was caused by a movement on the Cotabato Trench, off the country's southern tip.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The quake hit at 7:37 a.m. local time about 20 miles south of the municipality of Maasim off the southern island of Mindanao, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
The US Tsunami Warning Center ruled out a significant tsunami threat following the quake.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
It rises exponentially, so that a 7.3 quake is fifty times more powerful than a 6.3 earthquake and 2,500 times more powerful than a 5.3 earthquake.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing quake
Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 5
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Scrabble: Words that Begin with Q
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Lesson 24
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