noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , great , huge , large , major , massive , powerful , severe , strong
▪ devastating
▪ minor , small
▪ undersea , underwater
▪
the tsunami caused by an undersea ~
VERB + EARTHQUAKE
▪ cause , trigger
▪ experience
▪
The area has not experienced a major ~ in more than 700 years.
▪ feel
▪
I don't understand why we felt the ~ and you didn't.
▪ survive , withstand
▪
The school was built to withstand ~s.
▪ predict
▪
You can't accurately predict ~s.
▪ record
▪
It was the biggest ~ ever recorded in the US.
EARTHQUAKE + VERB
▪ happen , hit (sth) , occur , strike (sth)
▪
The ~ hit the city at two in the morning.
▪ rock sth , shake sth
▪
The ~ shook buildings throughout the business district.
▪ destroy sth , devastate sth , kill sb , leave sb homeless
▪ cause sth
▪ measure sth
▪
an ~ measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale
EARTHQUAKE + NOUN
▪ activity
▪
an organization which monitors ~ activity
▪ zone
▪ survivor , victim
▪ damage
▪ prediction
▪ hazard , risk
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
The building was destroyed in an ~.
PHRASES
▪ the epicentre/epicenter of an ~
▪
the evacuation of coastlines within 600 miles of the earthquake's epicentre/epicenter
▪ the magnitude of an ~