Calama
Americannoun
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Earthquakes at intermediate depths, including the Calama event, were long believed to be triggered mainly by a process known as "dehydration embrittlement."
From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026
Judge Calama also cited Spain’s Minister of the Presidency, Félix Bolaños, to answer questions on July 5.
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
Earlier this year, in the northern Chilean city of Calama a woman who attempted an abortion with the drug misoprostol arrived at the emergency room hemorrhaging dangerously.
From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2015
About the same time Chilean warships occupied Cobija and Tocapilla, and Sotomayor, after his victory at Calama, marched to the latter port.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
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