temblor

• By the end of the seventeen se conds of shaking the Marina District experienced during the 1989 temblor, the seawall had failed in several places, and sand was erupting in liquid fountains through lawns over which, moments before, joggers had been jogging and mothers had been wheeling t heir baby strollers. —  Isaac Asimov - Murder at the ABA
• By the end of the seventeen seconds of shaking the Marina District experienced during the 1989 temblor, the seawall had failed in several places, and sand was erupting in liquid fountains through lawns over which, moments before, joggers had been jogging and mothers had been wheeling their baby strollers. —  FAULT LINE
• We held on to each other, but the temblor was brief. —  Omni: October 1994
• Since the 7. 9-magnitude May 12 temblor, the region has been hit by scores of aftershocks. —  Top Stories - Google News
• While independent reporting was allowed right after the magnitude-7. 9 temblor, access was shut down within days and public complaints by parents who blamed corruption and shoddy construction on school collapses that killed their children became an extremely sensitive issue. —  CTV News RSS Feed

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