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a series of sudden, violent movements of the earth's surface

tremor from inside the earth

shock temblor upheaval convulsion fault microseism movement quake quaker seism shake slip trembler undulation macroseism seimicity seismism
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1) a big and serious misfortune or disaster (e.g. an earthquake or flood) (calamity)

2) the area immediately above the origin of an earthquake (epicenter)

EARTHQUAKE as in Wiktionary
EARTHQUAKE as in Wikipedia