earthquake en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɜːθkweɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˈɝθkweɪk/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-der. Proto-Germanic *erþō Proto-West Germanic *erþu Old English eorþe Middle English erthe Proto-Germanic *kwakōnąder. Old English cwacian Middle English quaken Middle English erthequake English earthquake From Middle English erthequake, corresponding to earth + quake. Displaced Middle English eorð byfung (“earthquake”) from Old English eorþbeofung (literally “earth shaking”).
Meanings
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A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.
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.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:I had just awoke at gun-fire (5 A.M.), when suddenly the thatch began to rustle and shake as if an army of cats were galloping over it, and immediately afterwards my bed shook too, so that for an instant I imagined myself back in New Guinea, in my fragile house, which shook when an old cock went to roost on the ridge; but remembering that I was now on a solid earthen floor, I said to myself, "Why, it's an earthquake," and lay still in the pleasing expectation of another shock; but none came, and this was the only earthquake I ever felt in Ternate.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 9: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.
2006 October 6, Declan Walsh, The Guardian:
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(qualifier:planetary geology) Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies.
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, Yosio Nakamura, “A seismic risk for the lunar base”, in The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, volume 1, NASA, pages 231–233:The wave patterns, too, are strikingly different: The secondary (S) waves and surface waves on lunar seismograms are not generally as clearly defined and distinct as are those of earthquakes.
2006, Bruce A. Bolt, Earthquakes, Fifth Edition:
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(figuratively) A sudden and intense upheaval; a severely disruptive event.
As we have seen, economic earthquakes often result in political shockwaves. […] He highlights a correlation between those states with the highest robot density and those states that unexpectedly swung behind Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, namely Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
2019 July 11, John Thornhill, “Does tech threaten to rerun the worst of the Industrial Revolution?”, in Financial Times:Leo Varadkar has announced he is standing down as Ireland’s prime minister and also giving up his role as leader of the Fine Gael party in the ruling coalition, in a surprise move described by pundits as a “political earthquake” for the country.
2024 March 20, Jon Henley, “Leo Varadkar steps down as Irish prime minister in shock move”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| earthquakes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
earthquake drill · earthquake engineering · earthquakeproof · postearthquake · earthquake dam · earthquakelike · cuntquake · antiearthquake · megaearthquake · non-earthquake · earthquake bomb · microearthquake · birthquake · footquake · earthquaky · hurriquake · earthquake storm · earthquake protector · earthquake-prone · paleoearthquake · slow earthquake · earthquake baroque · mirthquake
Relateds
starquake · moonquake · seaquake
Synonyms
earthdin · tremblor · terremote · temblor · tremor · seism · quake
Translations (322)
tft sodidi (shaking of the surface of a planet) · fa-ira زِلْزِلِه (shaking of the surface of a planet) · tt җир тетрәү (shaking of the surface of a planet) · grc σεισμός (shaking of the surface of a planet) · fur taramot (shaking of the surface of a planet) · hak 地震 (shaking of the surface of a planet) · blt ꪵꪠ꪿ꪙꪒꪲꪙꪘꪳꪉ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · te భూకంపము (shaking of the surface of a planet) · za deihdoengh (shaking of the surface of a planet) · chr ᎦᏙ ᎠᎵᏖᎸᎮᏍᎬ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · udm музъем зуркан (shaking of the surface of a planet) · xh inyikima (shaking of the surface of a planet) · tr zelzele (shaking of the surface of a planet) · mt terremot (shaking of the surface of a planet) · gur tɩn-mĩiŋo (shaking of the surface of a planet) · af aardskudding (shaking of the surface of a planet) · arc זועא (shaking of the surface of a planet) · clm sməxʷə́yu (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ca terratrèmol (shaking of the surface of a planet) · nb jordskjelv (shaking of the surface of a planet) · tl lindol (shaking of the surface of a planet) · pam ayun (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ru землетрясе́ние (shaking of the surface of a planet) · gsw Ërdbebme (shaking of the surface of a planet) · bi etkwek (shaking of the surface of a planet) · hy երկրաշարժ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · av дуниял (shaking of the surface of a planet) · su lini (shaking of the surface of a planet) · nhx ta̱lo̱li̱n (shaking of the surface of a planet) · tl teremoto (shaking of the surface of a planet) · dz ས་ཡོམ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · pms teramòt (shaking of the surface of a planet) · cmn 地震 (shaking of the surface of a planet) · tt зилзилә (shaking of the surface of a planet) · cop ⲕⲙⲧⲟ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · kne yegyeg (shaking of the surface of a planet) · os зӕххӕнкъуыст (shaking of the surface of a planet) · cv ҫӗр чӗтренӗвӗ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ms tanah goyang (shaking of the surface of a planet) · wa hosmint d' tere (shaking of the surface of a planet) · th แผ่นดินไหว (shaking of the surface of a planet) · br kren-douar (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ckb بوومەلەرزە (shaking of the surface of a planet) · hu földrengés (shaking of the surface of a planet) · arz زلزلة (shaking of the surface of a planet) · el Εγκέλαδος (shaking of the surface of a planet) · drg gumugul ot pomogunan (shaking of the surface of a planet) · mag 𑂦𑂳𑂅𑂀𑂙𑂷𑂪 (shaking of the surface of a planet) · gur tẽn-mĩiŋo (shaking of the surface of a planet) · gv craa-hallooin (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ksd guria (shaking of the surface of a planet) · cjm kayun tanâh (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ota زلزله (shaking of the surface of a planet) · nv kéyah haʼdéísná (shaking of the surface of a planet) · to mofuike (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ms goyang gempa (shaking of the surface of a planet) · cjy 地震 (shaking of the surface of a planet) · khw بولموژی (shaking of the surface of a planet) · tyv чер шимчээшкини (shaking of the surface of a planet) · fa-ira بومَهَن (shaking of the surface of a planet) · dng дидун (shaking of the surface of a planet) · gu ધરતીકંપ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · av ракьбагъари (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ceb teremoto (shaking of the surface of a planet) · shn ဢိင်ႇသၼ်ႇ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · oc tèrratremol (shaking of the surface of a planet) · alt јер силкиниш (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ast terremotu (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ja 地震 (shaking of the surface of a planet) · lv zemestrīce (shaking of the surface of a planet) · mba linog (shaking of the surface of a planet) · be землятру́с (shaking of the surface of a planet) · be землетрасе́нне (shaking of the surface of a planet) · oc tèrratrem (shaking of the surface of a planet) · kfr ધરતીકંપ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · kne kayeg (shaking of the surface of a planet) · sw zilizala (shaking of the surface of a planet) · egl teremòt (shaking of the surface of a planet) · lo ແຜ່ນດິນໄຫວ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · lmo terremott (shaking of the surface of a planet) · eo tertremo (shaking of the surface of a planet) · pap temblor (shaking of the surface of a planet) · pa ਭੂਚਾਲ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · hi भूचाल (shaking of the surface of a planet) · sq shkundëllimë (shaking of the surface of a planet) · mk земјотрес (shaking of the surface of a planet) · mrw linog (shaking of the surface of a planet) · pt terremoto (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ms gempa bumi (shaking of the surface of a planet) · dak makháchąchą (shaking of the surface of a planet) · bho भुँइडोल (shaking of the surface of a planet) · sco earthquake (shaking of the surface of a planet) · am የመሬት መንቀጥቀጥ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · myv модасоркс (shaking of the surface of a planet) · irk kunseeli (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ab адгьылҵысра (shaking of the surface of a planet) · akl linog (shaking of the surface of a planet) · kk зілзала (shaking of the surface of a planet) · he רַעַשׁ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · he רְעִידַת אֲדָמָה (shaking of the surface of a planet) · kmr bûmelerzî (shaking of the surface of a planet) · el σεισμός (shaking of the surface of a planet) · or ଭୂମିକମ୍ପ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · kw dorgrys (shaking of the surface of a planet) · la terrae mōtus (shaking of the surface of a planet) · nan-hbl 地震 (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ta நிலநடுக்கம் பூகம்பம் (shaking of the surface of a planet) · sq tërmet (shaking of the surface of a planet) · enm erthequake (shaking of the surface of a planet) · fo jarðskjálvti (shaking of the surface of a planet) · hi भूकप (shaking of the surface of a planet) · te భూకంపం (shaking of the surface of a planet) · as ভূঁইকঁপ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · io tertremo (shaking of the surface of a planet) · bg земетресе́ние (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ajp زَلْزَال (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ti ምንቅጥቃጥ መሬት (shaking of the surface of a planet) · syc ܙܘܥܐ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · wa tronnmint d' tere (shaking of the surface of a planet) · et maavärin (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ht tranbleman detè (shaking of the surface of a planet) · sh zȅmljotrēs (shaking of the surface of a planet) · it terremoto (shaking of the surface of a planet) · sco yirdquauk (shaking of the surface of a planet) · mnp 地震 (shaking of the surface of a planet) · kum тербенив (shaking of the surface of a planet) · nl aardbeving (shaking of the surface of a planet) · goh erdbibunga (shaking of the surface of a planet) · uli fal’mwar (shaking of the surface of a planet) · war linog (shaking of the surface of a planet) · cdo 地震 (shaking of the surface of a planet) · tr deprem (shaking of the surface of a planet) · pt sismo (shaking of the surface of a planet) · arc רעלא (shaking of the surface of a planet) · uz yer qimirlash (shaking of the surface of a planet) · so dhulgariir (shaking of the surface of a planet) · gd crith-thalmhainn (shaking of the surface of a planet) · mdh linug (shaking of the surface of a planet) · sa भूकम्प (shaking of the surface of a planet) · rgn taramòt (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ml ഭൂകമ്പം (shaking of the surface of a planet) · jv lindhu (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ar زَلْزَال (shaking of the surface of a planet) · es terremoto (shaking of the surface of a planet) · km រញ្ជួយផែនដី (shaking of the surface of a planet) · fr séisme (shaking of the surface of a planet) · io sismo (shaking of the surface of a planet) · as ভূমিকম্প (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ne भुइँचालो (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ks بُنیُٛل (shaking of the surface of a planet) · kld burruwi (shaking of the surface of a planet) · tg заминларза (shaking of the surface of a planet) · id lindu (shaking of the surface of a planet) · zza bumlerz (shaking of the surface of a planet) · kmr erdhej (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ckv utuz (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ing nganʼ ditʼanh (shaking of the surface of a planet) · xal һазр чичрлһн (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ht tranblemandtè (shaking of the surface of a planet) · cts linog (shaking of the surface of a planet) · fr tremblement de terre (shaking of the surface of a planet) · hsb zemjerženje (shaking of the surface of a planet) · syc ܪܥܠܐ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ky жер титирөө (shaking of the surface of a planet) · got 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍉 (shaking of the surface of a planet) · cs zemětřesení (shaking of the surface of a planet) · tsg linug (shaking of the surface of a planet) · vi động đất (shaking of the surface of a planet) · tg зилзила (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ill linug (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ug يەر تەۋرەش (shaking of the surface of a planet) · el τερρεμότο (shaking of the surface of a planet) · bcl linog (shaking of the surface of a planet) · mg horohoron-tany (shaking of the surface of a planet) · tiy luba (shaking of the surface of a planet) · sv jordskalv (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ilo gingined (shaking of the surface of a planet) · nan-hbl 地動 /地动 (shaking of the surface of a planet) · pt terramoto (shaking of the surface of a planet) · sh зе̏мљотре̄с (shaking of the surface of a planet) · syl ꠜꠁꠍꠣꠟ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · my ငလျင် (shaking of the surface of a planet) · dsb zemjerdžanje (shaking of the surface of a planet) · id gempa bumi (shaking of the surface of a planet) · egl teremôt (shaking of the surface of a planet) · bcl teremoto (shaking of the surface of a planet) · sh pòtres (shaking of the surface of a planet) · it sisma (shaking of the surface of a planet) · nl aardschok (shaking of the surface of a planet) · kk жер сілкінісі (shaking of the surface of a planet) · bn ভূমিকম্প (shaking of the surface of a planet) · cmn 地動 /地动 (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ccc ijmulalaki (shaking of the surface of a planet) · crh zelzele (shaking of the surface of a planet) · yka linug (shaking of the surface of a planet) · lez залзала (shaking of the surface of a planet) · gl terremoto (shaking of the surface of a planet) · wa stombixhmint d' tere (shaking of the surface of a planet) · sk zemetrasenie (shaking of the surface of a planet) · bm dugukoloyɛrɛyɛrɛ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ceb linog (shaking of the surface of a planet) · hil linog (shaking of the surface of a planet) · cv ҫӑр чӗтренни (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ace geumpa (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ar زِلْزال (shaking of the surface of a planet) · kmr zelzele (shaking of the surface of a planet) · si භූචලන (shaking of the surface of a planet) · yi ערדציטערניש (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ka მიწისძვრა (shaking of the surface of a planet) · is jarðskjálfti (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ak asase wosoɔ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ms lindu (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ca sisme (shaking of the surface of a planet) · pt tremor (shaking of the surface of a planet) · lij teramòtto (shaking of the surface of a planet) · kmr erdlerzî (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ml ഭൂമികുലുക്കം (shaking of the surface of a planet) · haw ōlaʻi (shaking of the surface of a planet) · gag er tepremesi (shaking of the surface of a planet) · sah сир хамсааһына (shaking of the surface of a planet) · cjm tatuen tanâh (shaking of the surface of a planet) · akr muhu (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ang eorþbeofung (shaking of the surface of a planet) · vro maavärrin (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ms gempa (shaking of the surface of a planet) · id gempa (shaking of the surface of a planet) · sh по̀трес (shaking of the surface of a planet) · fy ierdskodding (shaking of the surface of a planet) · tpi guria (shaking of the surface of a planet) · gan 地震 (shaking of the surface of a planet) · tiw karrarluputi (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ofs erthbivinge (shaking of the surface of a planet) · io terocilo (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ug زىلزىلە (shaking of the surface of a planet) · msk linog (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ko 지진 (shaking of the surface of a planet) · lb Äerdbiewen (shaking of the surface of a planet) · fa-ira زَمینلَرْزِه (shaking of the surface of a planet) · bo ས་ཡོམ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ar هَزَّة أَرْضِيَّة (shaking of the surface of a planet) · de Erdbeben (shaking of the surface of a planet) · kk жер сілкіну (shaking of the surface of a planet) · kn ಭೂಕಂಪ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · da jordskælv (shaking of the surface of a planet) · tih gongon ru tana (shaking of the surface of a planet) · rhg búsal (shaking of the surface of a planet) · is jarðhræring (shaking of the surface of a planet) · tk zenzele (shaking of the surface of a planet) · cy daeargryn (shaking of the surface of a planet) · wuu 地震 (shaking of the surface of a planet) · gl terramoto (shaking of the surface of a planet) · sl potres (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ar رَجْفَة (shaking of the surface of a planet) · pt tremor de terra (shaking of the surface of a planet) · mn газар хөдлөлт (shaking of the surface of a planet) · scn tirrimotu (shaking of the surface of a planet) · an tierratremo (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ar زَلْزَلَة (shaking of the surface of a planet) · bo ས་གཡོས (shaking of the surface of a planet) · rhg zolzola (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ba ер тетрәү (shaking of the surface of a planet) · lmw jówan híwwa (shaking of the surface of a planet) · az zəlzələ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · uk землетру́с (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ne भूकम्प (shaking of the surface of a planet) · egl taramòt (shaking of the surface of a planet) · nn jordskjelv (shaking of the surface of a planet) · pag yegieg (shaking of the surface of a planet) · kl nunap sajunnera (shaking of the surface of a planet) · af aardbewing (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ote mbimhai (shaking of the surface of a planet) · gl sismo (shaking of the surface of a planet) · la terraemōtus (shaking of the surface of a planet) · bsb gampa bumi (shaking of the surface of a planet) · bua газар хүдэлэлгэ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · cjs чер нигилижи (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ur زَلْزَلَہ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · uz zilzila (shaking of the surface of a planet) · hi भूकंप (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ce мохк бегор (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ain シㇼシモイェ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · tk ýer titremesi (shaking of the surface of a planet) · new भुखा (shaking of the surface of a planet) · cu трѫсъ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · sv jordbävning (shaking of the surface of a planet) · nds-de Eerdbeven (shaking of the surface of a planet) · mi rūwhenua (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ajp هَزَّة أَرْضِيَّة (shaking of the surface of a planet) · evn дунэ самнадяран (shaking of the surface of a planet) · bho भूकंप (shaking of the surface of a planet) · mi rū (shaking of the surface of a planet) · bdr linug (shaking of the surface of a planet) · enm erthe dyne (shaking of the surface of a planet) · pl trzęsienie ziemi (shaking of the surface of a planet) · af aardtrilling (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ps رېږدله (shaking of the surface of a planet) · be землетрасе́ньне (shaking of the surface of a planet) · scn tirrimutu (shaking of the surface of a planet) · pdt Ieedbäben (shaking of the surface of a planet) · lt žemės drebėjimas (shaking of the surface of a planet) · hi ज़लज़ला (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ht tranblemanntè (shaking of the surface of a planet) · msn rir (shaking of the surface of a planet) · fj uneune (shaking of the surface of a planet) · hsn 地震 (shaking of the surface of a planet) · xal һазр догдллһн (shaking of the surface of a planet) · it tremuoto (shaking of the surface of a planet) · eu lurrikara (shaking of the surface of a planet) · bgs linug (shaking of the surface of a planet) · sw tetemeko la ardhi (shaking of the surface of a planet) · nod ᨹᩯ᩠᩵ᨶᨯᩥ᩠ᨶᩉ᩠ᩅᩱ (shaking of the surface of a planet) · mhr мланде чытыралтмaш (shaking of the surface of a planet) · min gampo (shaking of the surface of a planet) · yi ערטקווייק (shaking of the surface of a planet) · mr भूकंप (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ga crith talún (shaking of the surface of a planet) · ro cutremur (shaking of the surface of a planet) · fi maanjäristys (shaking of the surface of a planet) · yue 地震 (shaking of the surface of a planet) · rw umutingito (shaking of the surface of a planet) · slm linug (shaking of the surface of a planet) · an terrentrín (shaking of the surface of a planet)