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nounshaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activitytype of:
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"selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees"nouna disturbance that is extremely disruptive
Definition that contains earthquake
- california a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes
- bam an ancient city in southeastern Iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003
- atlantis according to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake
- ca a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes
- tsunami a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption
- kobe a port city in Japan on Osaka Bay in southern Honshu; was damaged by an earthquake in 1995
- poseidon (Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman Neptune
- seismic subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
- tremor a small earthquake
- epicenter the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake