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a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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Southern Argentina and Chile are accustomed to seismic activity, but even moderate temblors can disrupt communities, damage property and, in severe cases, trigger tsunami warnings.
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Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The team discovered that some temblors, including the 1906 earthquake that devastated San Francisco, were one-off events that were caused exclusively by movements along the northern San Andreas Fault.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
But a temblor which struck on Tuesday, Sept. 30, became the deadliest the country has ever experienced since at least 2013.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
With the most notable victim possibly being a shattered jar of sundried tomatoes on the floor of a North Berkeley cheese shop, the temblor gave what experts say was a low-stakes but important tectonic reminder for the region.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
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Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The team discovered that some temblors, including the 1906 earthquake that devastated San Francisco, were one-off events that were caused exclusively by movements along the northern San Andreas Fault.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
But a temblor which struck on Tuesday, Sept. 30, became the deadliest the country has ever experienced since at least 2013.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
With the most notable victim possibly being a shattered jar of sundried tomatoes on the floor of a North Berkeley cheese shop, the temblor gave what experts say was a low-stakes but important tectonic reminder for the region.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Temblor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temblor. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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