How to Use earthquake in a Sentence

earthquake

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  • The drought of earthquakes on the San Andreas fault will not last.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
  • It’s got the tallest peaks, the biggest earthquakes and the largest forest.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Almost all of Japan felt the rumbles of the earthquake.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2023
  • In light of the recent the earthquake, how is the Sabah team looking ahead?
    — Scott Bay, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The first earthquake occurred at a depth of about nine miles.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Watch Stewart discuss the earthquake and eclipse in the video above.
    — EW.com, 9 Apr. 2024
  • These aren’t the first earthquakes to shake the area recently.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Fans began to throw the toys at the 4:17 mark in the game to signal the time of day that the first earthquake struck the region on Feb. 6.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Once an earthquake ends, the software will present a guide with smart next steps.
    — Steven Aquino, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The earthquake occurred at a depth of roughly four miles, the USGA said.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The first earthquake hit at around 4:15 a.m. local time.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Around the time of the earthquake, the statue may have been placed in the sewer, experts believe.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2024
  • Some residents told The New York Times the crash shook their homes and felt like an earthquake.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2024
  • In the last act, the vitrines tilt every which way, as if after an earthquake.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • After the 1985 earthquake, the Centro was all but abandoned.
    — Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The earthquake, which killed at least 2,901 people, was the worst to hit Morocco in more than a hundred years.
    — Claire Parker, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • When the stress is too much and the system has to jerk into a new position, the jerk triggers an earthquake.
    — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2023
  • When the earthquake struck, the ship was sent to Iskenderun’s port so that it could be repurposed for survivors.
    — Nimet Kirac Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Each earthquake occurred within five miles of the other one.
    — Molly Walsh | [email protected], cleveland, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Most San Diegans have been told to drop, cover and hold, but there’s much more to know about earthquake safety.
    — Cameron Fozi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2023
  • As the anniversary of the earthquake approached, Ibrahim and Pinar were still healing, slowly.
    — Safak Timur Emin Ozmen, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • That change in stress causes earthquakes over time, Sonder said.
    — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The earthquake had an epicenter about 5 miles northeast of Alum Rock.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The earthquake follows a swarm of smaller quakes just south of the Salton Sea, seismologists say.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 20 May 2024
  • The key question, Lebedev added, is why Ireland has so few earthquakes.
    — Elise Cutts, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2023
  • He was originally scheduled to fly out of the area hours before the earthquake struck.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 18 Feb. 2023
  • In the last 10 days, there has been one earthquake of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.
    — Quakebot, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
  • People think about the sounds and feelings of an earthquake, Furino said.
    — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • According to the brand, the exterior walls are earthquake and wind-resistant, and the entire home can be set up in 10 minutes.
    — Toni Sutton, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The stories explore the complex aftermath of Japan’s earthquakes and other global crises.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024

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