English
wikipedia

Pronunciation
IPA: /���(r)θ�kweɪk/
SAMPA: /<tt>"3:(r)T%kweIk</tt>/

Noun
en-noun

1. A shaking of the Earth, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.
2. A natural disaster.

Synonyms
quake

Translations

Bosnian: zemljotres#Bosnian|zemljotres m
Catalan: terratrèmol m
Chinese: �� (dì-zhèn)
Croatian: potres m
Czech: zem�t�esení n
Dutch: aardbeving f, aardschok m
Estonian: maavärin
Finnish: maanjäristys
French: tremblement de terre m, séisme m
German: Erdbeben n
Greek: �ει�μ�� [si�zmo�s] m, �γκέλαδο� [e��(�)�e�la�ðo�s] m
Italian: terremoto m, sisma m
Indonesian: Gempa bumi
mid
Japanese: �� (���, jishin)
Kurdish: KUchar|ب��������رز��
Latvian: zemestrīce f
Lithuanian: žem�s dreb�jimas m
Maltese: terremot m
Norwegian: jordskjelv n
Polish: trz�sienie ziemi n
Portuguese: terremoto m
Russian: земле����ение (z'eml'etr'as'énije) n
Romanian: cutremur n
Scottish Gaelic: crith-thalmhainn f
Serbian
:Cyrillic: зем�о��е�#Serbian|зем�о��е� m
:Latin: zemljotres#Serbian|zemljotres m
Spanish: terremoto m, temblor m, chaka f
Swahili: tetemeko (noun 5/6)
Telugu: భ���ప� (bhookampam)
Tok Pisin: guria

Related terms
moonquake
seaquake

See also
aftershock
fault line
Richter scale
seismic
seismograph
seismologist
seismology
tremor
tsunami

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