Definition of Earthquakes

1. earthquake [n] - See also: earthquake

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Earthquakes

earthman
earthmen
earthmover
earthmovers
earthmoving
earthmovings
earthnut
earthnut
earthnuts
earthnut pea
earthpea
earthpea
earthpeas
earthquake
earthquake
earthquakes (current term)
earthrise
earthrises
earths
earthset
earthsets
earthshaker
earthshakers
earthshaking
earthshakingly
earthshine
earthshines
earthstar
earthstar
earthstars

Literary usage of Earthquakes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"6 May 1970 • Nuclear Explosions and Distant earthquakes: A Search for ... An apparent correlation between nuclear explosions and earthquakes has been ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Frequency of earthquakes in the light of their suspected causes. Cur. Lit. 46: 211-5. ... Scientific aspect of earthquakes and volcanoes. WJ Murray. Sei. ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"For years past the author of this work has poured forth a copious stream of memoir?, dealing with the distribution of earthquakes in one country after ..."

4. History of Geology and Palæontology to the End of the Nineteenth Century by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1901)
"F. earthquakes.—earthquakes may arise in the solid crust or in still deeper ... Records of earthquakes have been handed down from the earliest times, ..."

5. History of Geology and Palæontology to the End of the Ninetheenth Century by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1901)
"F. earthquakes.—earthquakes may arise in the solid crust or in still deeper ... Records of earthquakes have been handed down from the earliest times, ..."

6. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1883)
"FOB the student of Geology no phenomena of Nature present a wider, more interesting, or more important field of study than earthquakes. ..."

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