earthquake tremor

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• Earthquake engineering — is the study of the behavior of buildings and structures subject to seismic loading. It is a subset of both structural and civil engineering.The main objectives of earthquake engineering are: * Understand the interaction between buildings or… …   Wikipedia

• Tremor (disambiguation) — Tremor may refer to: * Tremor, a rhythmic, oscillating shaking movement of the hand, or other parts of the body * Tremor, or earthquake, the shaking or trembling of the earth * Tremor (software), the integer only Vorbis audio decoding library *… …   Wikipedia

• EARTHQUAKE — EARTHQUAKE, ground vibrations produced generally by a sudden subterranean occurrence. Accounts of destructive earthquakes extend far into antiquity. In biblical times earthquakes, like thunder and other natural cataclysms, were regarded as… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• tremor — ► NOUN 1) an involuntary quivering movement. 2) (also earth tremor) a slight earthquake. 3) a sudden feeling of fear or excitement. ORIGIN Latin, from tremere to tremble …   English terms dictionary

• tremor — [n] shaking, shock agitation, earthquake, flutter, quake, quaking, quaver, quiver, quivering, ripple, shake, shiver, shivering, tremble, trembling, trepidation, upheaval, vibration, wobble; concepts 145,526 Ant. stillness …   New thesaurus

• earthquake — [n] tremor from inside the earth convulsion, fault, macroseism, microseism, movement, quake, quaker*, seimicity, seism, seismism, shake, shock, slip, temblor, trembler*, undulation, upheaval; concepts 144,526 …   New thesaurus

• Earthquake — For other uses, see Earthquake (disambiguation). Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 …   Wikipedia

• earthquake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tremor, seism, quake, shock. See violence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. quake, tremor, temblor, tremblor, trembler, earthquake shock, shock, fault, slip, movement of the earth s surface, movement of the… …   English dictionary for students

• tremor — noun 1 small earthquake ADJECTIVE ▪ minor, slight ▪ severe ▪ earth 2 shaking movement ADJECTIVE ▪ faint …   Collocations dictionary

• earthquake — /errth kwayk /, n. 1. a series of vibrations induced in the earth s crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating. 2. something that is severely disruptive; upheaval. [1300 50; ME erthequake …   Universalium

• Earthquake prediction — An earthquake prediction is a prediction that an earthquake in a specific magnitude range will occur in a specific region and time window. Predictions are considered as such to the extent that they are reliable for practical, as well as… …   Wikipedia