Result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves.
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Examples for "quake"
Examples for "quake"
1The government appeals to private companies to deliver supplies to quake victims.
2North Korea's official news agency carried no immediate reports on the quake.
3No fatalities or serious injuries were reported from either quake, police said.
4It was not immediately clear whether the quake caused injuries or damage.
5The quake lasted several minutes, and was widely felt throughout New Zealand.
1The slightly weaker tremor shook the same general area 17 minutes later.
2Patients affected with FXTAS primarily present with cerebellar ataxia and intention tremor.
3They confirmed that 'a number of suburbs' were impacted by the tremor.
4However, the country's mainstay copper industry was mostly unharmed by the tremor.
5Results: Upper and lower limb tremor scores were reduced in both groups.
1The temblor could not be felt in San Francisco, a witness said.
2But none has had a quake triggered by a distant temblor.
3The temblor tore a large gash in one of the streets.
4Worse, huge waves beat the northern shores after the first temblor.
5The epicenter of the temblor was 55 miles north-northwest of Lae, the agency said.
1A tsunami risk is being downgraded after a strong earth quake hit Papua New Guinea.
2To hear the terrific peals of thunder, which make the earth quake, portends great loss and disappointment.
3It was not a more furious tempest or greater darkness, neither did the earth quake more violently.
4The world needs the truth that will rend the heavens with prayer, and make the earth quake with fear.
5Tells about the demand for newspapers during the San Francisco earth quake, the Florida boom, and the Texas oil excitement.
1The earth quakes, the stones are broken, and the very graves open.'
2When the earth quakes, most people run for the closest doorway.
3Under the tree lies Ymir, and when he tries to shake off its weight the earth quakes.
4The earth quakes and trembles, as if about to open, to vomit forth the burning stream of a thundering crater.
5It is a solemn night, for the earth quakes, and the sound of Halemaumau is like the surging of the sea.
6"It sounds like thunder; but it is regular and unbroken; and, my lord, surely the earth quakes under our feet!"
Translations for earth quakes