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earthquake wave

NOUN
seismic wave
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The researchers studied earthquake wave pairs from Alaska, going all the way back to 1964.

From NewsForKids.net • Feb. 16, 2023

It was a thriving little island, and boasted of several busy towns, all of which have been completely ruined and in part swept away by the earthquake wave.

From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 53, November 11, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Bishop, Julia Truitt

Vegetation was so rapid in its growth, and seed spread so quickly, wind swept, that the traces of the earthquake wave were pretty well obliterated by bright young growth.

From Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track by Fenn, George Manville

No likelihood of another earthquake wave, is there, sir?”

From Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track by Fenn, George Manville

But it came back again like an earthquake wave.

From Cape Cod Stories by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby




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