a sudden, violent shaking of the earth’s surfacedamage caused by a powerful earthquakeThe earthquake measured 68 on the Richter scale.Wordfinderdisasteravalanche,cyclone,disaster,earthquake,eruption,flood,hurricane,landslide,tornado,tsunamiOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectivebig,great,huge,…verb + earthquakecause,trigger,experience,…earthquake + verbhappen,hit (something),occur,…earthquake + nounactivity,zone,survivor,…prepositionin an/the earthquakephrasesthe epicentre/epicenter of an earthquake,the magnitude of an earthquakeSeefull entrySee related entries:Natural disastersExtra examplesIt was the biggest earthquake ever recorded in the US.The area has not experienced a major earthquake in more than 700 years.The block of flats was destroyed in an earthquake.The earthquake hit the city at two in the morning.The earthquake shook buildings throughout the business district.The school was built to withstand earthquakes.You can’t accurately predict earthquakes.an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scalean organization which monitors earthquake activitythe evacuation of coastlines within 600 miles of the earthquake’s epicentre/epicenterthe tsunami caused by an undersea earthquake
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