Calama
Americannoun
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In July 2024, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit near the city of Calama in northern Chile.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 1, 2026
A train loaded with copper cathodes travels along a rail line inside the Chuquicamata copper mine, which is owned by Chile's state-run copper producer Codelco, near Calama city, Chile, April 1, 2011.
From Reuters ● Aug. 4, 2022
The court said that José Luis Calama has decided to lead a judicial commission that will travel to Israel to “take testimony from the CEO of the company that commercializes the Pegasus program.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
Those changes are not immediately evident during my two-hour flight from Santiago to Calama, the region’s northernmost major outpost.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2015
He adds, the priest of Calama heard the voices of those who spoke aloud near him, but as if from a distance.
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Henry Christmas
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