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noun

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as in earthquake

a shaking of the earth the quake registered 6.5 on the Richter scale, causing widespread damage

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verb

ˈkwāk

as in to shake

to make a series of small irregular or violent movements the horror film was so scary it left us quaking with fear for hours afterwards

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Noun

Japan’s northern coast hit In a statement, JMA reported that the quake’s epicenter was located 62 miles (100 kilometers) east of the city of Miyako, off the Sanriku coast, at a depth of six miles (10 kilometers). —

Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026 But aren’t aftershocks usually much smaller than the initial quake? —

Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026

Verb

The jiggly, quaking contraption is eye-catching—a natural social media star. —

Julia Sullivan, Outside, 23 Dec. 2025 Anyone whose legs have quaked after step-ups, or whose chest has felt personally attacked by push-ups, would argue: yes. —

Jenny McCoy, SELF, 8 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quake

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Taiwan and Japan are reversing policies that shuttered nuclear sites following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown, triggered when an earthquake and tsunami disabled the power supply that cooled the reactors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Protections for Haitians were first granted in 2010 after a devastating earthquake that has displaced more than 1 million people, according to court documents.

— Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026