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Earthquake Noun ˈɜːθkweɪk ˈɜːrθkweɪk Devastating/Massive/Powerful Measured Richter Scale
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/ˈɜːθkweɪk/ /ˈɜːrθkweɪk/ |
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- a devastating/massive/powerful earthquake
- the earthquake measured 68 on the richter scale.
- i was asleep when the earthquake struck.
- much of the town was destroyed in the earthquake.
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earthquake(noun)/ˈɜːθkweɪk/ /ˈɜːrθkweɪk/- a sudden, violent shaking of the earth’s surface
- a devastating/massive/powerful earthquake
- The earthquake measured 68 on the Richter scale.
- I was asleep when the earthquake struck.
- Much of the town was destroyed in the earthquake.
- earthquake victims/survivors
Extra Examples- It was the biggest earthquake ever recorded in the US.
- The area has not experienced a major earthquake in more than 700 years.
- The earthquake hit the city at two in the morning.
- The earthquake shook buildings throughout the business district.
- The school was built to withstand earthquakes.
- You can't accurately predict earthquakes.
- an organization which monitors earthquake activity
- the evacuation of coastlines within 600 miles of the earthquake's epicentre/epicenter
- The tsunami was caused by an undersea earthquake.
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