Definition of earthquake

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Earthquake (n.) A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock..

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Seismal :: Seismal (a.) Of or pertaining to an earthquake; caused by an earthquake.
Seismography :: Seismography (n.) A writing about, or a description of, earthquakes..
Seismology :: Seismology (n.) The science of earthquakes.
Earthquake :: Earthquake (a.) Like, or characteristic of, an earthquake; loud; starling..
Earthquave :: Earthquave (n.) An earthquake.
Such :: Succussive (a.) Characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up and down movement, and not merely tremulous oscillation; as, the succussive motion in earthquakes..
Seismograph :: Seismograph (n.) An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes.
Seismometer :: Seismometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the direction, duration, and force of earthquakes and like concussions..
Heave :: Heave (n.) An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like..
Seismography :: Seismography (n.) The art of registering the shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes.
Earthquake :: Earthquake (n.) A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock..
Earthdin :: Earthdin (n.) An earthquake.
Seismometry :: Seismometry (n.) The mensuration of such phenomena of earthquakes as can be expressed in numbers, or by their relation to the coordinates of space..
Disruption :: Disruption (n.) The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state..
Terremote :: Terremote (n.) An earthquake.
Earthshock :: Earthshock (n.) An earthquake.
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