temblors

• “Cisterns were later strengthened to ensure that water would be available to fight fires after future temblors.”

  The Wall Street Journal: California Looks to Update Quake Plans

• “Fault Lines The damage from famous California temblors”

  The Wall Street Journal: California Looks to Update Quake Plans

• “What accounts for these temblors of inspiration, away from the epicenters of culture?”

  The Washington Post: Broadway's fine British imports: 'Brief Encounter,' 'Pitmen Painters'

• “Seismologists have counted more than 70 aftershocks since the quake struck Tuesday afternoon, and say the temblors are likely to continue for weeks.”

  Voice of America: New Zealand Quake Death Toll Certain to Rise

• “The epicenter of the temblors--with magnitudes of 4.4 and 5.2--was near the town of Lorca in the southeastern region of Murcia, according to preliminary estimates.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Two Quakes in Spain Cause Major Damage

• “A year of temblors, including the most devastating on Feb. 22, which killed more than 180 people, has left much of New Zealand's second-largest city in rubble, causing 19 billion U.S. dollars in damage and forcing many businesses and residents to abandon the city center for the suburbs.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Postquake, New Zealand City Reshapes Plan

• “The epicenter of the temblors -- with magnitudes of 4.4 and 5.2 -- was near Lorca, a town in the southeastern region of Murcia, according to preliminary estimates.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Earthquake Hits Spain

• “There have been 11 small temblors around the well since March, roiling the rustbelt region of northeast Ohio, which has no known history of seismic activity.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Ohio Shuts Wells Following Quakes

• “Andrew McLaughlin was also onto the Haiti situation as soon as the temblors hit.”

  Simon & Schuster: In the Plex

• “Experts stressed to local media the impossibility of predicting quakes, saying that even six months worth of low-magnitude temblors was not unusual in the highly seismic region.”

  USA Today: Manslaughter trial opens against experts for Italy quake

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