quake

In 2023, a 6.2 magnitude quake killed more than 120 people in the nearby mountainous Gansu province of China.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The centre of the quake hit Baqên County in the Nagqu region as on Thursday night, Xinhua reported, citing the local emergency management bureau.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

While no deaths have been reported from the quake, about 30 people have been treated for minor injuries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

The quake triggered a tsunami warning for Panama and warnings of smaller but dangerous waves along the coasts of other countries in Latin America and the south Pacific.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

At twenty minutes to midnight on that date, Hebgen Lake suffered a catastrophic quake.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

La Guaira, home to a popular resort of the same name 40 kilometers from Venezuela's capital Caracas, was devastated by powerful back-to-back quakes on June 24 that left over 6,500 people dead.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 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

The most notorious such quakes ever to hit the United States were a series of three in New Madrid, Missouri, in the winter of 1811-12.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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

Connors once bent strings wildly, as if the entire guitar quaked beneath his blues.

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022

The next step was to do the equations for the design of the De Laval nozzle, and privately I quaked at the thought of attempting them.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

“What is it?” she said, her voice quaking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

But while Wembanyama is having the time of his life, every other team in the league is quaking in its boots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 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

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

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2024

Actually, he was quaking in his steel-toe-capped boots.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer