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n. A sudden movement of the earth's crust caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic faults or by volcanic activity. Also called seism, temblor.

n. A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock.

adj. Like, or characteristic of, an earthquake; loud; startling.

n. A movement or vibration of a part of the earth's crust.

n. a disturbance that is extremely disruptive

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

"At Prophecy Update Jimmy DeYoung fills us in that:The word "earthquake" is used 19 times in the Bible, 13 times in the prophetic passages of the Word of God."

disturbance    commotion    hoo-hah    flutter    kerfuffle    hoo-ha    hurly-burly    disruption    to-do   

earthquake-shadow    submarine earthquake    fault line    seismology    aftershock    seismograph    Richter scale    seismic    earthquake engineering    tremor   

moonquake    seaquake    starquake   

earthdin    earthquave    earthshock   

loud    startling    quake    shock    seism    microseism   

hurricane    quake    disaster    explosion    famine    drought    flood    tempest    storm    upheaval