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a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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About 25 minutes after the temblor struck, when authorities were watching for tsunamis in the Pacific Ocean, the water in Devils Hole started to slosh.
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Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The temblor happened at 9:32 a.m. Pacific time about 4 miles west of Muscoy, Calif., data from the agency shows.
—William B. Davis, New York Times, 31 July 2025
The temblor struck at 9:28 p.m. roughly 8.4 miles southwest of Pescadero, the USGS reported.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 31 July 2025
With a magnitude of 8.8, it is tied for sixth place with the great Chilean quake of 2010, and the Colombia-Ecuador temblor of 1906.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 July 2025
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Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The temblor happened at 9:32 a.m. Pacific time about 4 miles west of Muscoy, Calif., data from the agency shows.
—William B. Davis, New York Times, 31 July 2025
The temblor struck at 9:28 p.m. roughly 8.4 miles southwest of Pescadero, the USGS reported.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 31 July 2025
With a magnitude of 8.8, it is tied for sixth place with the great Chilean quake of 2010, and the Colombia-Ecuador temblor of 1906.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 July 2025
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“Temblor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temblor. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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