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Sentence count:176+2Posted:2017-04-21Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: quivershakeshivershuddertremblevibrateSimilar words: earthquaketake the cakemake a mistakequayquashquasisquawquaffMeaning: [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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91. As a writer, Web browser and unrepentant Quake player, I'm strictly a laptop kind of guy.
92. Roads to Wenchuan County , epicenter of the quake, were blocked by fallen rocks and debris.
93. In the case of the Haiti quake, the Caribbean and North American plates slide past one another in an east-west direction.
94. That system has not produced a quake of similar magnitude since 1751, says Richard Luckett, a seismologist at the British Geological Survey, which is headquartered near Nottingham, UK.sentencedict.com
95. The area was struck by several aftershocks since the quake at 12.12am today (10.12pm AEST Thursday), the biggest being a 6.2 shake at 2.12am.
96. The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
97. The Haiti quake was caused by different regional plates than the Chile and Ryukyu temblors.
98. Every time, for example there is a major quake with destruction, you get those that prey on the misery of others.
99. One of the most worrying situations is in Reactor 4, which along with 5 and 6 had been shut down for planned maintenance before the quake.
100. If the quake occurs under water, as this one did, the up-and-down movement displaces an enormous amount of water, setting off the tsunami.
101. The quake was centered 49 miles east northeast of Calama, at a depth of 61.5 miles. It hit at 20:11 local time (23:11 p. m. EDT).
102. Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan ( AP ).
103. First, the quake is unlikely to force insurance companies to make massive payments for earthquake damage, since only about 18.5% of Japanese households have earthquake insurance, according to reports.
104. I urge everyone to pay the price of admission and play Quake Wars.
105. The fourth largest quake was a magnitude 9 on Russia's Kamchatka peninsula.
106. A Western - style clock tower the town center had stopped at the time the quake hit.
107. The quake was the most powerful to hit Haiti since at least 1770, according to USGS records, Mr. Bellini added.
108. Vidale says scientists will be scrutinizing Japan's seismological data in the days leading up to the quake for patterns or foreshocks that could predict future quakes.
109. A magnitude-6.3 quake in India in 1967 that killed 200 people was caused by impoundment behind the country's Koyna Dam.
110. China's Seismological Bureau said the quake affected more than half the country's provinces and municipalities.
111. More than 170 people died last week when a tsunami triggered by a quake hit Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga.
112. Everybody took care not to talk around her about the quake or her family.
113. Reactor 4 had been shut down before the quake for maintenance, but its spent nuclear fuel rods are still stored on the site.
114. A clock tower the town center had stopped at 2:27, the time the quake hit.
115. A 7.0-magnitude quake hit the Caribbean island country at 4:53 pm local time on Tuesday, collapsing numerous buildings including the Presidential Palace.
116. In March, USGS geophysicist Tom Parsons told Nature that the chances of Istanbul being hit by a magnitude 7 or greater quake in the next 25 years are between 30 and 60 percent.
117. This estimation relied on seismological techniques measuring the first seismic waves recorded, a method that lends itself to underestimation when a quake exceeds a magnitude of 8.5.
118. U. S. Geological Survey measured the quake as a 6.2 level, said the epicenter was located in New England Rabaul (Rabaul) town 201 km northwest from the capital, Port Moresby 794 km.
119. About three seconds before the quake, Mandara (a gorilla) let out a shriek and collected her baby, Kibibi, and moved to the top of the tree structure as well.
120. The network was broadcasting the World Series from Candlestick Park when the quake struck.
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