A small earthquake nearby will feel like a small sharp jolt followed by a few stronger sharp shakes that pass quickly.

近处小地震的感觉象一个小的颠簸跟着几个更强烈一些的剧烈摇动，又很快过去。

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LAST year a collapse in a coal mine triggered a small earthquake in Saarland, a speck of a state near Germany’s border with France.

去年一起煤矿坍塌事件在萨尔州——与法国接壤的一个德国小州——激起了不小风波。

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In this paper the characteristics of two small earthquake swarms at Miaodao Archipelago, Shandong in Spring 1976, have been analysed.

本文分析了1976年春季山东庙岛群岛的两次小震群的活动特征，给出了部分小震震源参数、波速比、（?）

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The subsequent explosion produced a tremor similar to a small earthquake.

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In early 2008, when a small earthquake rocked the U.K. town of Grimsby, Van Poppel's minions in the English countryside were jolted into action, pinging instant accounts.

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The explosion produced a tremor similar to a small earthquake.

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