earthquake

Definitions

1. A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.
3. Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies
4. Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies.
5. A sudden and intense upheaval; a severely disruptive event
6. A sudden and intense upheaval; a severely disruptive event.
   figuratively
7. To undergo an earthquake

Equivalents

68 more languages

العربيةالزلزالرجفةزلزالزلزلةهزةهَزَّة أَرْضِيَّة+ 3 more

Azərbaycan dilizəlzələ

Беларускаяземлетрасе́ннеземлятрус

Българскиземетресение

বাংলাভূমিকম্প

བོད་སྐད།ས་གཡོསས་ཡོམ

Bosanskipotreszemljotresземљотреспотрес+ 1 more

Catalàsismeterratrèmol

Češtinazemětřesení

Cymraegdaeargryn

Danskjordskælv

Ελληνικάεγκέλαδοςσεισμός

Esperantotertremo

Eestimaavärin

Euskaralurrikara

Suomimaanjäristys

Gàidhligcrith-thalmhainn

Galegosismoterramototerremoto

ગુજરાતીધરતીકંપ

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻiōlaʻi

עבריתרעידהרְעִידַת אֲדָמָהרעש

हिन्दीज़लज़लाभूकंपभूचाल

Hrvatskipotreszemljotresземљотреспотрес+ 1 more

Magyarföldrengés

Հայերեներկրաշարժ

Bahasa Indonesiagempagempa bumilindu

Íslenskajarðhræringjarðskjálfti

Italianosismaterremototremuoto

日本語地震

ქართულიმიწისძვრა

Қазақ тіліжер сілкінісізілзала

ភាសាខ្មែររញ្ជួយផែនដី

한국어지진

Kurdîzelzele

Latinabrasmatiaeterrae motusterraemotus

LëtzebuergeschÄerdbiewen

ລາວແຜ່ນດິນໄຫວ

Latviešuzemestrīce

Malagasyhorohoron-tany

Македонскиземјотрес

മലയാളംഭൂകമ്പംഭൂമികുലുക്കം

मराठीभूकंप

Bahasa Melayugempagempa bumilindutanah goyang+ 1 more

Maltiterremot

မြန်မာငလျင်

नेपालीभूकम्प

Nederlandsaardbevingaardschok

ଓଡ଼ିଆଭୂମିକମ୍ପ

Polskitrzęsienietrzęsienie ziemi

Portuguêssismoterramototerremototremortremor de terra+ 2 more

Românăcutremur

Русскийземлетрясение

Slovenčinazemetrasenie

Slovenščinapotres

Shqipshkundëllimëtërmet

Српскиpotreszemljotresземљотреспотрес+ 1 more

Svenskajordbävningjordskalv

Kiswahilitetemeko la ardhizilizala

తెలుగుభూకంపము

Тоҷикӣзаминларзазилзила

ไทยแผ่นดินไหว

Tagaloglindolteremoto

Türkçedepremzelzele

ئۇيغۇرچەزىلزىلەيەر تەۋرەش

Українськаземлетрус

اردوزلزلہ

O'zbekchazilzila

Tiếng Việtđịa chấnđộng đất

Examples

“Her alablaster brest she soft did kis, / Which all that while shee felt to pant and quake, / As it an Earth-quake were: at last⟳ she thus bespake.”

“Last⟳ year's earthquake crushed his house, his livelihood and very nearly his leg, he said, pointing to a plastered limb that refuses to heal.”

“Since the response of some man-made structures to the ground motion near the epicenter is highly dependent on frequency, a significant difference in potential damage⟳ to the structures is expected between earthquakes and moonquakes.”

“The wave⟳ patterns, too, are strikingly different: The secondary (S) waves and surface waves on lunar seismograms are not generally as clearly defined and distinct as are those of earthquakes.”

“As we have⟳ seen, economic earthquakes often result⟳ in political shockwaves. […] He highlights a correlation between those states with the highest robot density and those states that unexpectedly swung behind Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, namely Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.”

“Leo Varadkar has announced he is standing down as Ireland’s prime minister and also giving up his role as leader of the Fine Gael party in the ruling coalition, in a surprise⟳ move⟳ described by pundits as a “political earthquake” for the country.”

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