Sentences with phrase «series of major earthquakes»

A series of major earthquakes have struck below the Pacific Ocean in less than a year and a half.

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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.

Osten compares the dwindling series of flares to the cascade of aftershocks following a major earthquake.