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Sentence count:285+35Posted:2016-07-21Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: quakeseismtemblorSimilar words: earthon earthquarterquarterbackheadquartersheartnear toat heartMeaning: [ˈɜːθkweɪk]  n. 1. shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity 2. a disturbance that is extremely disruptive. 
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241. I had lost her face and I felt my own features fall apart like an old brick hotel in a Frisco earthquake.
242. Earthquake and fires level San Francisco, killing an estimated 700 people.
243. In the country's last big earthquake, in 1986, the brunt was born by old buildings in San Salvador.
244. The earthquake triggered submarine landslides that dislodged hundreds of cubic kilometers of sediment on the continental slope.
245. This catastrophe - probably caused by an earthquake and explosion of gases - may be the reason.
246. Michael said it might help warn of a large impending earthquake by detecting foreshocks.
247. There was a terrifying rumbling noise and the stairs shook as though a minor earthquake had passed beneath the house.
248. The earthquake registered a magnitude of 6.8, according to early estimates.
249. In 1741-7 a new church was built but it was destroyed by earthquake in 1748.
250. Initial rescue efforts were hampered by a lack of heavy equipment and by landslides triggered by the initial earthquake.
251. Even as late as 1956 a considerable earthquake destroyed half the buildings on the west coast of the island.
252. In 1925, Santa Barbara broke apart in a big earthquake and the city got a second chance.
253. In the silence the noise sounded like a small earthquake but he paid no attention to it.
254. He claimed that the site was geologically unsound and any stress caused by a shift in water levels could cause an earthquake.
255. The governor said the earthquake was the worst natural disaster to hit India for over 50 years.
256. The expense of earthquake insurance and the high cost of deductibles are blamed for the low numbers of people carrying quake insurance.
257. The Yaruba is sent from Texas to San Fernando with a supply of drinking water for the port, devastated by earthquake.
258. When we first spoke with Olson, it was October of 1989, shortly after the San Francisco earthquake.
259. The divergent junction is characterized by earthquake activity and volcanism.
260. The last locally-caused power failure of greater magnitude was the Loma Prieta earthquake in October, 1989.
261. The phenomenon was highlighted in the aftermath of an earthquake in 1992, the worst to hit the city in decades.
262. The availability crisis developed after the January 1994 Northridge earthquake, which inflicted more than $ 8 billion in insured residential losses.
263. The greatest impact would occur with a major earthquake along the full Hayward Fault.
264. The Red Cross is appealing for donations of food and clothing following the earthquake.
265. Richter contrived a scale to measure the force of an earthquake.
266. And we forget that all these computers can crash with one shudder of an earthquake.
267. The latest death toll in the Turkish earthquake is over 2000.
268. More tremors hit Cairo More earth tremors have hit Cairo impeding the relief effort following the major earthquake.sentencedict.com/earthquake.html
269. Disaster-relief loans like those following the Northridge Earthquake are still being made because they are considered essential services.
270. Buildings must be strengthened to prevent collapse from an earthquake.
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