seismic

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Goodspeed travels back to the 18th century to downturns in the U.S. and the United Kingdom to explain why the common narrative that one seismic shock will flip an economy on its head is wrong.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The 1933 Long Beach earthquake, magnitude 6.4, killed more than a hundred people, but it also made seismic safety a requirement throughout the state.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

That meant that a No. 9 knocking off a No. 1 late on Sunday qualified as a seismic shock—to everyone except the coach who drew up the winning play.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The Premier League's chaos clubs meet on Sunday as Tottenham Hotspur host Nottingham Forest in what could be a seismic moment in the survival battle.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

It is a rectangle in black, and once it has settled into place, it shakes silently as though there is some kind of seismic disturbance on the planet beneath the quarter moon.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith