| NOUN | event | seism, earthquake, quake, temblor | shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity |
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| Meaning | shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity. | |
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| Synonyms | earthquake, quake, temblor | |
| Narrower | seaquake, submarine earthquake | An earthquake at the sea bed |
| shock, seismic disturbance | An instance of agitation of the earth's crust | |
| tremor, earth tremor, microseism | A small earthquake | |
| Broader | geological phenomenon | A natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth |
| Spanish | chaka, sacudida, seísmo, sismo, temblor, terremoto, terremotos | |
| Catalan | sisme, sotrac, sotragada, terratrèmol | |
| Adjectives | seismic, seismal | subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration |
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