earthquake
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Every morning, Harvard-Westlake tennis player Chase Klugo’s house shakes like it’s in the middle of a small earthquake.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
The earthquake saw thousands of people ordered to evacuate in coastal areas of the southern Philippines and neighbouring Indonesia as tsunami warnings were issued by multiple countries and a regional warning centre.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
At least 19 people have died after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Mindanao island in the southern Philippines, officials say.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
On top of that, there are the inevitable disasters, be they earthquake, fire or flood, the latter quite possibly exacerbated this winter by what may be an epic El Niño.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
In all, close to 20,000 people died in the Great Tohoku earthquake and the tsunami that followed.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Vocabulary lists containing earthquake
Physical Geography - Introductory
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