quake

1. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity (synset 107443554)
   is a type of: geological phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth
   subtypes:

   • seismic disturbance, shock - an instance of agitation of the earth's crust
   • earth tremor, microseism, tremor - a small earthquake
   • seaquake, submarine earthquake - an earthquake at the sea bed
   same as: earthquake, seism, temblor

1. Shake with fast, tremulous movements (synset 201893122)
   "His nostrils palpitated"
   is a type of: tremble - move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
   same as: palpitate, quiver
2. Shake with seismic vibrations (synset 201892777)
   "The earth was quaking"
   is a type of: agitate, shake - move or cause to move back and forth
   same as: tremor

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