Phrases with «major quake»

The phrase "major quake" refers to a strong and powerful earthquake, which is a sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates beneath the Earth's surface. It implies that the earthquake has a significant magnitude and can cause widespread damage and destruction. Full definition

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Sentences with «major quake»

Along the Cascadia segment, geologists could find no evidence of major quakes in «all of recorded history» — the 140 years since white settlers arrived in the Pacific Northwest and began keeping records. (discovermagazine.com)
This year is the bicentennial of the great New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 - 12, an anniversary marked by federal disaster agencies in May with an exercise responding to a simulated major quake in the region. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
Although such accumulated strain may be released in a series of smaller, less hazardous rumbles, Floyd says that given the historical pattern of major quakes along the North Anatolian Fault, it would be reasonable to expect a large earthquake off the coast of Istanbul within the next few decades. (sciencedaily.com)
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Phrases with «major quake»

Sentences with «major quake»

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