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Earthquake

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
quakeseismtemblor
plural
Earthquakes
possessive
Earthquake's
pluralpossessive
Earthquakes'