Earthquake Synonyms

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A shaking of the earth
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. temblor
  2. quake
  3. tremor
  4. seism
  5. tremblor
  6. earth-tremor
  7. shock
  8. trembler
  9. shake
  10. aftershock
  11. earthquake shock
  12. fault
  13. slip
  14. movement of the earth's surface
  15. movement of the earth's crust
  16. earthshock
  17. microseism
  18. seismic upheaval
  19. aftershock; an earthquake registering one
  20. foreshock
  21. two
  22. /etc
  23. movement
  24. points on the Richter scale; secondary tremor
  25. tertiary tremor
  26. volcanic quake
  27. seismology
  28. wiggler
  29. upheaval
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. seismic
  2. seismical

Words Related to Earthquake

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Earthquake Sentence Examples

  • The city was almost totally destroyed by an earthquake in 1766, and again in 1797.

  • The earthquake grew more intense.

  • Palo Alto suffered severely in the earthquake of 1906.

  • In 1894 the town suffered from an earthquake, though less severely than in 1783.

  • The city was almost totally destroyed by the great earthquake of 1812.

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