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earthquake
 earthquake
earth.sc. environ. aardbeving
econ. aardschok
| prone
 prone
med. voorwaartsgedraaid
| area
 area
gen. regio
chem. piekoppervlak
comp., MS gebied
construct. zone
life.sc. agric. gebied
med. areaal

adjective | noun | to phrases
earthquake ['ɜ:θkweɪk] adj.
earth.sc., environ. aardbeving
econ. aardschok
earthquake The violent shaking of the ground produced by deep seismic waves, beneath the epicentre, generated by a sudden decrease or release in a volume of rock of elastic strain accumulated over a long time in regions of seismic activity (tectonic earthquake). The magnitude of an earthquake is represented by the Richter scale; the intensity by the Mercalli scale ['ɜ:θkweɪk] adj.
environ. aardbeving
 English thesaurus
earthquake ['ɜ:θkweɪk] abbr.
abbr., amer. temblor (a Spanish loanword Val_Ships)
earthquake: 30 phrases in 8 subjects
Construction7
Earth sciences15
Environment2
General1
Insurance2
Law1
Life sciences1
Research and development1