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What does earthquake mean?

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Noun
  1. A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults. [from 14th c.]
  2. (planetary geology) Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies. [from 20th c.]
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The senator accused the Australian Government of being miserly with its earthquake relief fund.
In case the dam collapses due to an earthquake or any other fault, the devastation will be unimaginable.
A planet-wide earthquake shook it as though someone were trying to throttle it.
A year after the earthquake that devastated Gujarat, local people still live in tents or temporary shelters.
As in Turkey, here too multi-storey buildings collapsed not because of the force of the earthquake but due to poor construction.
The human toll in the devastating Iranian earthquake seems almost unfathomable.

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