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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] adj.
environ.	زلزال
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earthquake ['ɜ:θkweɪk] abbr.
abbr., amer.	temblor (a Spanish loanword Val_Ships)

earthquake : 3 phrases in 1 subject

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