Earthquake synonyms
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A relatively minor seismic shaking or vibrating movement. Tremors often precede larger earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
An instance of quaking.
An earthquake.
A violent collision, impact, or explosion, or the force or movement resulting from this:
A fracture in a rock formation along which there has been movement of the blocks of rock on either side of the plane of fracture. Faults are caused by plate-tectonic forces.
(Geol.) Any movement displacing parts of rock or soil masses in relation to one another; small fault or landslide
seismic
Of, having to do with, or caused by an earthquake or earthquakes or by man-made earth tremors
Two is defined as the number equal to the sum of one plus one.
earthquake shock
seismology
In 1857 Irish engineer/scientist Mallet proposed the theory that earthquakes move outward from a central focal point, and that, by locating the direction that the earthquake came from, the focal points could be located and studied.
movement of the earth's surface
earth-tremor
(Geology) A small earthquake, or seismic event.
seismic upheaval
aftershock; an earthquake registering one
points on the Richter scale; secondary tremor
tertiary tremor
volcanic quake
(Music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
seismical
earthshock
An earthquake.
foreshock
A minor tremor of the earth that precedes a larger earthquake originating at approximately the same location.
An organized effort by supporters of a common goal:
movement of the earth's crust
Upheaval is a sudden and dramatic change or disruption, often that leads to chaos.
repetition (related)
aftershock
The definition of an aftershock is an earthquake near or in the same place as an earlier earthquake, or an effect or result of an event.
Find another word for earthquake. In this page you can discover 33 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for earthquake, like: microseism, tremor, quake, tremblor, temblor, shock, fault, slip, seismic, /etc and two.