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by currymj 2079 days ago
most US earthquakes are in California where Spanish is widely spoken and lots of things get Spanish names.

however I don’t think this is common usage. it might be “headline-ese” as the word has fewer characters than earthquake.

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>> most US earthquakes are in California

No. Alaska. It is bigger, has more mountains, is more geologically active etc.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/01/us/alaska-why-so-many-earthqu...