0 a sudden violent movement of the earth's surface, sometimes causing great damage:
1 a sudden, violent movement of the earth’s surface, often causing damage and sometimes deaths
The decision to settle or move to an earthquake-prone location is typically a free choice of no moral significance.
Just as earthquakes and -oods erupt under pressure, causing abrupt mutations of the natural environment, men and women experienced psychological changes affecting their collective consciousness.
The benevolent qualities of younger people also featured in the earthquake stories.
Following the earthquake such values were especially important because strong family bonds were the basis of a strong nation.
Among the undergraduates, tornadoes or strong winds (ranked 45th; scored by 15% of sample) and earthquakes (48th; 12%) are rarely dreamed about.
This area is not located at the margins of the earth's crustal plates where structural stresses may be released as frequent earthquakes and intense volcanicity.
The contrast between earthquakes and hurricanes is starkly illustrated by differences in the venues in which testimony on these phenomena occur.
When two tectonic plates collide the visible signs for those above are volcanoes and earthquakes.