1. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
   - earthquake, temblor, seism

1. Shake with fast, tremulous movements
   - quiver, palpitate 
2. Shake with seismic vibrations
   "The earth was quaking"
   - tremor

Derived forms: quaked, quakes, quaking

See also: quaker

Type of: agitate, geological phenomenon, shake, tremble

Encyclopedia: Quake

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