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earthquake

['ɜ:θkweɪk] n

gen.

Erdbeben n

construct.

seismisch; Erdbeben- n

tech.

Beben n

earthquake The violent shaking of the ground produced by deep seismic waves, beneath the epicentre, generated by a sudden decrease or release in a volume of rock of elastic strain accumulated over a long time in regions of seismic activity (tectonic earthquake). The magnitude of an earthquake is represented by the Richter scale; the intensity by the Mercalli scale ['ɜ:θkweɪk] n

earthquakes n

English thesaurus

earthquake ['ɜ:θkweɪk] abbr.

abbr., amer.

temblor (a Spanish loanword Val_Ships)

earthquake

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Astronomy	1
Building structures	1
Business	5
Construction	29
Earth sciences	13
Environment	2
General	9
Geophysics	1
Insurance	2
Law	1
Life sciences	1
Mining	7
Natural resourses and wildlife conservation	1
Physics	16
Technology	12


source
ed.	Quellenangabe
el.	Kathode; Zuführungselektrode
environ. chem.	Substanzquelle
IT	Ursprungsblock
meas.inst.	Energiequelle; Quellenelektrode; Sourceelektrode; Stromquelle
med.	Strahlenquelle


earthquake
gen.	Erdbeben
construct.	seismisch; Erdbeben-
environ.	Erdbeben
tech.	Beben