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earthquakes

NOUN

tremor from inside the earth

Synonyms

STRONGEST

shock temblor upheaval

STRONG

convulsion fault microseism movement quake quaker seism shake slip trembler undulation

WEAK

macroseism seimicity seismism

Antonyms

STRONG

perfection

Example Sentences

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"These areas have experienced strong earthquakes before. This is one of the strongest."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Graduate student Sean Hutchings used this archive to study known deep earthquakes and identify additional events that had previously been classified as crustal earthquakes.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

The main long-term risks are corrosion of the copper canisters or earthquakes during future ice ages, which could potentially damage the capsules and cause radioactive fuel to leak, Kyllonen said.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

When earthquakes, floods, fires and other disasters happen, the IRS commonly suspends all sorts of deadlines for impacted taxpayers.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

This wasn’t hard rock against hard rock; harmonic tremors were earthquakes of solid rock against magma, “like squishy rock sliding on solid rock,” explained Malone.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone