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a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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Tsunami waves in far-east Russia leave behind destruction after a magnitude 8.8 temblor, one of the strongest earthquakes in recorded history, struck off the country's Kamchatka Peninsula.
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 30 July 2025
The world has witnessed several very large earthquakes in the past couple of years, including a magnitude 7.7 quake in Myanmar in March 2025 and a magnitude 7.4 temblor on Taiwan’s eastern coast in April 2024.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 30 July 2025
The temblor has killed more than 2,000 people and injured more than 3,900.
More than 600 miles away in Bangkok, the Thai capital, buildings buckled.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
The midday temblor with an epicenter near Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, was followed by a strong 6.4 magnitude aftershock.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 30 July 2025
The world has witnessed several very large earthquakes in the past couple of years, including a magnitude 7.7 quake in Myanmar in March 2025 and a magnitude 7.4 temblor on Taiwan’s eastern coast in April 2024.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 30 July 2025
The temblor has killed more than 2,000 people and injured more than 3,900.
More than 600 miles away in Bangkok, the Thai capital, buildings buckled.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
The midday temblor with an epicenter near Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, was followed by a strong 6.4 magnitude aftershock.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Temblor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temblor. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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