earthquake victim
Trapped under debris
A person killed, injured, displaced, or otherwise harmed by an earthquake.
The term covers a range of impacts—from those trapped in collapsed buildings to survivors who lose homes or livelihoods: Relief workers searched for earthquake victims beneath the rubble.
In news coverage, the phrase often emphasizes vulnerability and the need for humanitarian response.
- search and rescueFinding and saving people
- first respondersPersonnel arriving at emergencies initially
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- trappedUnable to escape
- rescueSave from harm
injured · displaced · homeless · makeshift shelter · buried · crushed · body count · tremor · aftershock · devastation · debris · emergency · emergency services · shelter · natural disaster · missing · missing person · mass grave
- victimscasualty, survivors, fatality, casualties, sufferer
- shelter seekershomeless person, homeless veteran, rough sleeper, street person, displaced person
earthquake victimfirst responder
Initial crisis scene personnel
relief worker · emergency responder · aid worker · paramedic · firefighter
earthquake, victim, earth, quake, quaked, quaking, quaker, quakes, earthquakes