earthquake Label
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DefGEMET: 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. (Source: GUNN)
Part of speech
Noun (male)Base form
earthquakeInflectionals
earthquake, earthquakesCompound from
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GEMETID2402
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Initial version
on 2007-02-11
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on 2007-02-11