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HTML

<span id="p-58" class="softWord"> that </span>
<span id="p177" class="softWord"> quake </span>
<span id="p857" class="softWord" > briefly </span>
<span id="p1697" class="softWord" > triggering </span>
<span id="p2267" class="softWord" > another </span>
<span id="p2697" class="softWord" > tsunami </span>

JavaScript

$('span').mouseup(function(){
    alert($(this).attr('id'));
});