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earthquake
English
Etymology
From Middle English erthequake, erd-quake, corresponding to earth +? quake. Compare similar formations in eorþbeofung (“earthquake”, literally “earth-shaking”), eorþdyne (“earthquake”, literally “earth-din”), eorþstyring (“earthquake”, literally “earth-stirring”), eorþhr?rness (“earthquake”, literally “earth-stirring”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????kwe?k/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???kwe?k/
Noun
earthquake (plural earthquakes)
- A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults. [from 14th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
- Her alablaster brest she soft did kis, / Which all that while shee felt to pant and quake, / As it an Earth-quake were: at last she thus bespake.
- 2006, Declan Walsh, The Guardian, 6 Oct 2006:
- Last year's earthquake crushed his house, his livelihood and very nearly his leg, he said, pointing to a plastered limb that refuses to heal.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
- (planetary geology) Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies. [from 20th c.]
- 1988, Jürgen Oberst and Yosio Nakamura, “A seismic risk for the lunar base” in The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, Vol. 1, p. 231-233, NASA:
- Since the response of some man-made structures to the ground motion near the epicenter is highly dependent on frequency, a significant difference in potential damage to the structures is expected between earthquakes and moonquakes.
- 1988, Jürgen Oberst and Yosio Nakamura, “A seismic risk for the lunar base” in The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, Vol. 1, p. 231-233, NASA:
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- moonquake
- seaquake
- starquake
Translations
Verb
earthquake (third-person singular simple present earthquakes, present participle earthquaking, simple past and past participle earthquaked)
- (intransitive) To undergo an earthquake.
- 1993, Gyeorgos C. Hatonn, The Best of Times: The Worst of Times (page 129)
- Watch the Philippines very closely for the next little while. There is rumbling and earthquaking deep within Pinatubo and increased earthquaking within Mayon.
- 1993, Gyeorgos C. Hatonn, The Best of Times: The Worst of Times (page 129)
See also
- aftershock
- earthquake engineering
- fault line
- Richter scale
- seismic
- seismograph
- seismologist
- seismology
- tremor
- tsunami
Further reading
- earthquake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tectonic hazards/Earthquake on Wikiversity.Wikiversity
- Category:Animations of earthquake impact on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- heartquake
Scots
Alternative forms
- yirthquake, yearthquawk
Noun
earthquake (plural earthquakes)
- earthquake
- Synonym: yirdquauk
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mainshock
English
Etymology
main +? shock
Noun
mainshock (plural mainshocks)
- (geology) The largest earthquake in a sequence. Sometimes preceded by foreshocks and almost always followed by aftershocks which are of lesser intensity.
Translations
Anagrams
- Chomskian
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