Synonym: quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble, vibrate. Similar words: earthquake, take the cake, make a mistake, quay, quash, quasi, squaw, quaff. Meaning: [kweɪk] n. shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity. v. 1. shake with fast, tremulous movements 2. shake with seismic vibrations.
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61. The 8.8 magnitude quake struck the South American country Saturday in the early morning hours.
62. The magnitude 8.8 quake that struck near Maule, Chile, Feb. 27 moved the entire city of Concepcion 10 feet to the west.
63. Kinda, but what if there was a major under sea quake where the Philippine and Eurasian plate meet.
64. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
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65. Quake brake down not only building, but also human flimsiness ...
66. The largest earthquake in the northeast was probably the Cape Ann earthquake in 1755 off the coast of Massachusetts, which might have been a magnitude 5.9 quake.
67. Seismologists at the agency say this is the strongest quake to hit Kyushu in nearly 18 years.
68. Suddenly, a big quake made me fall down on my side and books were fell very close to me from a high bookcabinet.
69. Several hours later, a friend in the National Earthquake Disaster Relief Team called, telling him about the terrible aftermath of the quake in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.
70. An earlier quake prompted a tsunami that struck the Pacific islands of Samoa and American Samoa, killing more than 100 people.
71. Seismologist Barry Hull said a magnitude 7 quake with an epicentre within a 50km radius of Melbourne's CBD would cause extensive structural damage, particularly to older buildings up to four storeys.
72. Police said seven bodies were found in the Mangan area close to the epicenter of the quake.
73. But in 2003, a law was approved in response to a quake that shook Molise, a mountain region in central Italy, not far from L'Aquila.
74. Seventy-one years later, on Jan. 17, 1995, Kobe was hit by a 6.9-magnitude quake.
75. The hillside neighborhood of Canape Vert, largely flattened by the quake, sits like a dark tomb, lit only by the moonlight.
76. A 7.5 magnitude quake hit the Celebes Sea early Monday north of Indonesia's Sulawesi island.
77. The first quake with a magnitude of 7.8 was followed about an hour later by one of 7.1, the US Geological Survey said.
78. Psychological work; Crisis intervention; Strategy study; The wounded from quake area; Medical support.
79. That's because quake magnitudes are calculated on a logarithmic scale.
80. The quake, which killed at least 147 people, struck in central Chile, 70 miles northeast of the city of Concepcion.
81. It went through with a horrid thundering that made my belly quake.
82. The quake probably will become China's modern civic spirit of maturity and growing part of.
83. NHK television reported a few light injuries stemming from the quake.
84. This voice made the boys gasp and quake. It was Injun Joe's!
85. Such notification might allow emergency officials in Ventura to shut off gas and water lines, stop trains and raise fire station doors immediately after a quake hits in the Salton Sea.
86. The earthquake came hours after another quake triggered a tsunami that left at least 100 people dead on the Pacific islands of Samoa and American Samoa.
87. Then business calls: He returns to selling flowers to the next carload of tourists arriving at Donghekou Quake Relic Park.
88. No quake with a Richter scale reading of over 9.0 has been recorded.
89. The quake was significantly less powerful than the one that hit Japan two weeks ago, causing a tsunami, leaving thousands dead or missing, and prompting fears of a nuclear meltdown.
90. The magnitude of the quake was 5.7 on the Richter Scale.