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earthquake

noun as in tremor from inside the earth

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The first earthquake was magnitude 3.3, which struck at 11:15 p.m.

Citizens Bank Park was shaking on the scale of a small earthquake.

“I’m down by the water and I feel the jets while they do their flyover, and the rumble — your body shakes like a building when there’s an earthquake,” Cardena said.

"I didn't know if a plane crashed or there was an earthquake or both," he said.

From BBC

The earthquake shook the northern coast of Cebu, one of the country's most populous islands, on the night of 30 September, jolting many out of their sleep.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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