Synonyms:
earthquake, quake, temblor, seism
Meaning: shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
Usage examples
AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE
THE EARTHQUAKE AT OTHER CITIES.
Without an earthquake I do not see how such an accident could happen.
I intended it for you, anyhow, for what you did for me on Earthquake Island.
An instant later there came another tremor, but it was not like that of an earthquake shock.
What were the effects of the Chicago fire and the San Francisco earthquake upon these cities?
The raw animal crouching within him is like the earthquake monster pent in the crust of the earth.
Hardly had he spoken than there sounded the ominous rumble and shaking that presaged another earthquake.
Then, in the silence of the night, Tom clicked off his call for help for the castaways of Earthquake Island.
"WE ARE ON EARTHQUAKE ISLAND." He gave the longitude and latitude. "COME QUICKLY OR WE WILL BE ENGULFED IN THE SEA!