earthquake

earthquake: noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, great, huge, large, major, massive, powerful, severe, strong

▪ devastating

▪ minor, small

▪ undersea, underwater

▪ the tsunami caused by an undersea earthquake

VERB + EARTHQUAKE

▪ cause, trigger

▪ experience

▪ The area has not experienced a major earthquake in more than 700 years.

▪ feel

▪ I don't understand why we felt the earthquake and you didn't.

▪ survive, withstand

▪ The school was built to withstand earthquakes.

▪ predict

▪ You can't accurately predict earthquakes.

▪ record

▪ It was the biggest earthquake ever recorded in the US.

EARTHQUAKE + VERB

▪ happen, hit (sth), occur, strike (sth)

▪ The earthquake hit the city at two in the morning.

▪ rock sth, shake sth

▪ The earthquake shook buildings throughout the business district.

▪ destroy sth, devastate sth, kill sb, leave sb homeless

▪ cause sth

▪ measure sth

▪ an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale

EARTHQUAKE + NOUN

▪ activity

▪ an organization which monitors earthquake activity

▪ zone

▪ survivor, victim

▪ damage

▪ prediction

▪ hazard, risk

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the earthquake

▪ The building was destroyed in an earthquake.

PHRASES

▪ the epicentre/epicenter of an earthquake

▪ the evacuation of coastlines within 600 miles of the earthquake's epicentre/epicenter

▪ the magnitude of an earthquake

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