earthquake
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“To be in a situation where if there’s an emergency, like an earthquake or a fire, and my mobile phone doesn’t work, I have no means to communicate with my family.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2026
Mobile phones, he told her, probably don’t work in an earthquake.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2026
Zion Church is proud to have been among the first responders after the devastating 2008 Sichuan earthquake and to have hosted major blood drives in Beijing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026
The United Nations launched an urgent appeal Wednesday for nearly $300 million towards Venezuela earthquake relief operations after the death toll from the disaster rose to more than 3,600 people.
From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026
“The earthquake shifted the flow of the river and the island flooded over and disappeared.”
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Vocabulary lists containing earthquake
Physical Geography - Introductory
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