He was referring to the aftershocks that invariably follow a large temblor, or main shock. |
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There have been over 500 aftershocks since the temblor, causing interruptions in the rescue effort. |
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In the 70 years prior to the 1906 earthquake, a temblor of at least magnitude 6 struck the region an average of every four years, she said. |
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The temblor proved that an earthquake smaller in magnitude can cause greater damage than a more powerful earthquake. |
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Even the global sea level is now half a millimeter higher than it was before the temblor. |
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Two days after the devastating temblor, I queried Duvalier about his reaction to such images. |
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Called the San Simeon earthquake after the coastal town nearest its epicenter, the temblor hit hardest in this town known for its sulfur springs and mud baths. |
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Aftershocks continue to rattle Sendai and its environs, including a 6.9-magnitude temblor on Sunday. |
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A magnitude 6.7 temblor on Oct. 23 is now considered a foreshock. |
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On the day after the 6.8-magnitude temblor, under roily gray skies and cold intermittent rain, much of Olympia looked and felt under the weather. |
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Referred to as the Saguenay earthquake, the temblor registered 5.9 on the Richter scale. |
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The temblor, which injured almost 600 people, hit the northernmost island of Hokkaido hardest, but swayed buildings as far away as Tokyo, about 830 km to the southeast. |
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Seventy-six houses, several bridges and buildings collapsed totally or partially because of the temblor, which also triggered landslides in affected areas. |
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The temblor also damaged hundreds of houses and buildings, including the local legislative council building and several churches and mosques, and five bridges. |
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The first temblor on Saturday, measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, hit shortly after midnight, followed by a second measuring 6.2 about seven hours later. |
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The temblor was felt across western Greece, with people on Lefkada and nearby Ionian Sea island of Kefalonia rushing out into the streets. |
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Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda canceled his stump speech in Tokyo and returned to his office to deal with the temblor. |
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Officials say the temblor is far less powerful that two quakes that hit the west of the country in 1999, killing 18,000 people. |
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The Associated Press reported a geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii as saying neither temblor posed a danger of a Pacific Ocean-wide tsunami. |
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Ever since the San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906, scientists have been warning that it is just a matter of time before another major temblor strikes the Bay Area. |
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Seismologists say such a temblor occurs once every 200 to 300 years. |
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The Company sold in late December 2012 the first shipment of 95 bbls of oil produced from the Temblor sandstone reservoir. |
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