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a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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The largest was a 4.8-magnitude temblor that hit off the east coast of the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
The authorities closed schools and deployed emergency services to the region, and experts scrambled to interpret the tremors, which peaked with a 5.3-magnitude temblor on Feb. 10.
—Niki Kitsantonis, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Many of Mandalay's 1.5 million residents were forced to spend the night on the streets—some left homeless by the temblor, while others feared that ongoing aftershocks could collapse already weakened structures.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
As the temblor shook Bangkok, people across the capital fled high-rise buildings.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
The authorities closed schools and deployed emergency services to the region, and experts scrambled to interpret the tremors, which peaked with a 5.3-magnitude temblor on Feb. 10.
—Niki Kitsantonis, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Many of Mandalay's 1.5 million residents were forced to spend the night on the streets—some left homeless by the temblor, while others feared that ongoing aftershocks could collapse already weakened structures.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
As the temblor shook Bangkok, people across the capital fled high-rise buildings.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Temblor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temblor. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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