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

Construction	7
Earth sciences	15
Environment	2
General	1
Insurance	2
Law	1
Life sciences	1
Research and development	1


area
gen.	regio
chem.	piekoppervlak
comp., MS	gebied
construct.	zone
law	grondgebied
life.sc. agric.	gebied
med.	areaal
met. construct.	oppervlakte; vlakke uitgebreidheid
stat. agric.	landoppervlakte


earthquake
earth.sc. environ.	aardbeving
econ.	aardschok


prone
med.	voorwaartsgedraaid