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a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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Advertisement So the recent activity does not offer any hint of when the next large, destructive temblor will occur, said Susan Hough, a U.S. Geological Survey seismologist, earlier this month.
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
Officials worry that a huge temblor would cut off Southern California from vital utilities and communications for days, if not weeks.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024
Who said what Researchers said in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that analyzing the speed of the recorded Martian temblors pointed to underground water, likely the subterranean remnants of lakes, rivers and oceans that covered the Martian surface 3 millions years ago.
—Peter Weber, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024
What precisely is fueling the sequence of shakers is not entirely clear, and officials warn that prior seismic activity does not necessarily mean more powerful temblors are imminent.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
Officials worry that a huge temblor would cut off Southern California from vital utilities and communications for days, if not weeks.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024
Who said what Researchers said in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that analyzing the speed of the recorded Martian temblors pointed to underground water, likely the subterranean remnants of lakes, rivers and oceans that covered the Martian surface 3 millions years ago.
—Peter Weber, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024
What precisely is fueling the sequence of shakers is not entirely clear, and officials warn that prior seismic activity does not necessarily mean more powerful temblors are imminent.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Temblor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temblor. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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