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earthquake

noun as in tremor from inside the earth

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For 13 terrifying seconds on 23 April this year, Turkey's largest city was shaken by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake.

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Undergraduates and graduates from the Spatial Experience Design program were tasked with designing off-the-grid, sustainable dwellings that could resist both fire and earthquake damage.

He also raised a concern that the Gerd could start a "new system of earthquakes".

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A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Afghanistan's remote south-eastern region on Thursday night, the third quake in six days, as the death toll from the first continued to rise.

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A tsunami that followed a powerful earthquake off the coast of Russia on July 29 caused $1 million in damage to Crescent City Harbor, initial estimates show.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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