'earthquake' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'earthquake' with 13 example sentences.
- earthquake noun
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: shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
: a disturbance that is extremely disruptive
Earthquakes and floods are natural disasters.
After the earthquake, many people decided to sleep outside in tents.
The cathedral was destroyed by an earthquake.
I'm afraid of earthquakes.
If there's an earthquake, the stores will be looted.
Only two people survived the earthquake.
A massive earthquake of magnitude 8.8 hit the Japanese islands today.
They loaded the trucks with emergency supplies for the earthquake victims.
The tunnel caved in because of the earthquake the other day.
A couple of flights were delayed on account of the earthquake.
A great earthquake occurred in Rome during the reign of Tiberius.
Major earthquakes in this region are very rare.
Large catches of squid are a sign of a coming earthquake.