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quake

[kweyk] / kweɪk /




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Nearly 1,100 people reported feeling Sunday’s quake, according to the USGS.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

No injuries were reported from that quake, possibly because there were fewer people in the streets at that hour, although damage was reported in some buildings.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Alfonso Malpica said he felt his ground floor flat in Granada shaking, telling El País newspaper that the quake was "stronger than the ones that happen from time to time, the ones we're used to".

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Many Flores residents have traumatic memories of another 7.7-magnitude quake that hit the island in 1992, triggering a tsunami and killing about 2,500.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Sitting at the head table and barking orders to the hundreds of workers who had crammed into the space after the quake, Superintendent Yoshida began to take stock of his reactors.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

In my new study, I used seismic stations in Antarctica itself to look for signs of these quakes.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

First discovered in the northern hemisphere more than 20 years ago, these quakes occur when huge chunks of ice fall from glaciers into the sea.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

But, shortly after 6 p.m. on June 24, the two powerful quakes struck just 39 seconds apart.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

The quake comes less than two months after twin quakes devastated the north of neighbouring Venezuela, killing more than 6,100 people.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

When the reporter approached him and asked what he thought of the quakes and the ash and the steam issuing from the new crater, the logger didn’t hesitate.

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

He was so influential that two presidents, Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower, quaked under fear of incurring McCarthy's wrath.

From Salon Oct. 6, 2024

But on board, the 12-year-old girl quaked with fear.

From Seattle Times May 7, 2024

Neither Pinterest nor the patriarchy quaked in its boots.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 5, 2024

He seemed capable of maintaining in his working memory a databank of the company’s vast operations and supply chains, and colleagues quaked in fear during his relentless interrogations at meetings.

From Washington Post Jun. 3, 2022

As she placed the sacrificial parts upon a blazing altar, the earth rumbled and quaked beneath their feet and from afar dogs howled through the darkness.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The overall sound is highly dramatic, with massed voices, quaking beats, horses whinnying in the distance, and percussion that evokes the threat of a rattlesnake.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Troubles, however, are also quaking on the offensive side of America’s nuclear-weapons enterprise—specifically, the program to build a new land-based intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sentinel, to replace the 400 current ICBMs, known as Minuteman IIIs.

From Slate Sep. 16, 2025

"Sure enough, the quaking started to happen," Mr Manaugh said.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2025

The role is so glorious that he almost breaks character when he begins quaking in earnest.

From Salon Nov. 9, 2024

The quaking from the Frenchman’s trenches got louder.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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