quake
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5.1
- noun
- /kwāk/
:
terremoto
- After the quake, rescue teams quickly searched for survivors trapped under the rubble.
- a major quake
- a quake of magnitude
- a second quake
And but we're now hearing about quakes on completely different time scales.
- And but we're now hearing about quakes on completely different time scales.
Examples
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The latest was the deadly 1999 quake near Izmit, 55 miles southeast of Istanbul.
Academic text (2003) -
On the night of the big quake, July 12, 1927, we ran away from the city.
Fiction book (1994) -
The BBC got their first wind of the Chinese quake from Twitter.
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You never take the elevator after a quake.
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More recently, in 1989, a quake hit in the same area just before a World Series baseball game.
Academic text (2011) -
Penhaul related the story of a woman who survived the quake but lost her two young children.
Academic text (2010) -
The Western states had experienced four other quakes of magnitude around 7 since 1980.
Academic text (1993) -
The day after the quake, correspondent Susan Candiotti filed one of CNN's first on-the-ground reports.
Academic text (2010) -
Some 40 of the 116 fatalities attributable to that quake actually stemmed from the tsunami.
Academic text (1993) -
The recent quake damaged numerous buildings in the city, forcing many residents to evacuate.
Synonyms
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2.2
A sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement under the earth that can damage buildings
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6.0
A sudden violent movement in the earth during an earthquake
19
4.9
A small earthquake that moves the ground slightly
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8.6
A sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement inside the earth
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4.6
A sudden shaking of the ground that happens when energy is released underground
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6.1
A sudden shaking of the ground often caused by an earthquake or volcano
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3.7
A small earthquake that causes little or no damage
A shaking of the ground caused by movement under the earth
An earthquake under the sea floor that can cause a tsunami
An earthquake on the sea floor that can cause a tsunami
Antonyms
Idioms
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quake comes from an old English word that meant 'to tremble' and is like the familiar word quiver, which also means to shake. So a quake is a strong shaking of the ground caused by movement under the earth.