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quake

noun as in earthquake

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UCLA’s remaining schedule isn’t making anyone quake in their cleats.

They’re vulnerable to collapse because the upper floor is held up only by skinny, flimsy supports that can bend or break in a quake, causing a living room or a bedroom to come crashing down on the garage.

Minutes later, a magnitude 2.5 quake was recorded.

The first rattler occurred at a depth of 3.4 miles, and the largest quake was shallower, at 0.1 miles.

More than 5.4 million early-warning phone alerts went out Tuesday for the magnitude 5.2 quake that struck near Bakersfield in Kern County.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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