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o động đất, địa chấn
§ artificial earthquake : động đất nhân tạo
§ inland earthquake : động đất nội địa, động đất trên đất liền
§ submarrine earthquake : động đất dưới biển
§ swarm earthquake : động đất hàng loạt
§ volcanic earthquake : động đất núi lửa
Xem thêm: quake, temblor, seism
earthquake noun
ADJ. big, great, huge, major, massive, severe | minor, small
EARTHQUAKE + VERB happen, hit sth, occur, strike (sth) The earthquake hit the city at two in the morning. | shake sth The earthquake shook buildings throughout the business district. | destroy sth, devastate sth, kill sb, leave sb homeless | measure sth an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale
EARTHQUAKE + NOUN zone
PREP. in a/the ~ The block of flats was destroyed in an earthquake.
PHRASES the epicentre of an earthquake, the magnitude of an earthquake