Wondering how to use Earthquake in a sentence? Below are 20 example sentences from real English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as quake or disruption.
Earthquake in a sentence
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Earthquake meaning
- A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.
- Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies.
- A sudden and intense upheaval; a severely disruptive event.
Synonyms of Earthquake
Example sentences (20)
About three hours after the earthquake struck, the US Tsunami Warning Center announced there was no longer a threat.
After a strong earthquake on Mars, planetary scientists noticed that its crust is thicker than that of the Earth.
A man walks past a damaged wall of the historic Medina of Marrakech, after after an earthquake in Morocco on Saturday.
Amid the rubble in Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza, Alaa Mahdi likened the destruction to that of an "earthquake".
Antakya, which had a pre-earthquake population of around 200,000, lies in the province of Hatay in Turkey's southeast.
Also on their minds was the government’s handling of the earthquake in February that left more than 50,000 people dead.
A man uses a flashlight to check damaged buildings, in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Antakya, Turkey, Feb. 8, 2023.
Afghan cricket star Rashid Khan said he was donating all his Cricket World Cup fees to help Herat's earthquake survivors.
All manakish profits from Feb. 9 to Feb. 16 will be donated to help earthquake victims in Syria and Turkey.
After the 1985 earthquake devastated Mexico City, 14 infants survived the collapse of the Hospital Juárez.
Afghans congregate on a mound of rubble in the wake of the magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck Herat.
Although Argostoli was totally ruined by the earthquake in 1953, there are still sites that depict the old Venetian architecture.
A 4.9-magnitude earthquake rumbled northeast of Dimasalang, Philippines, nearly two hours later.
Almost two weeks after the earthquake, three people were pulled from the rubble on Friday alive.
An official with the education department in the region, Ziad al-Omar, said 39 teachers and 421 students were killed by the earthquake.
A man stands at his damaged house at Sibuzi village following the earthquake in Jishishan county, Gansu province, China on Dec 21, 2023.
A fault cleaved olive fields in Tepehan village in Turkey following an earthquake this month.
A major earthquake rocked southern Turkey and northern Syria early on Feb. 6, killing over 2,000 people and injuring many thousands more.
Another 7.6 magnitude earthquake followed the first one, which also jolted southern Türkiye.
A donkey stands inside a building damaged by the earthquake in the village of Tafeghaghte, near Marrakech, Morocco, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023.
Phrases with earthquake
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Common combinations with earthquake
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the earthquake 64×
- an earthquake 29×
- earthquake in 24×
- earthquake that 19×
- magnitude earthquake 15×
- major earthquake 10×
- devastating earthquake 10×
- earthquake struck 8×
- earthquake hit 8×
- earthquake and 7×
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