ground shaking
Tectonic plate movement
Ground shaking refers to the vibration of the earth's surface, typically during an earthquake or explosion.
The term appears both as a noun describing seismic movement and as an adjective meaning literally earth-trembling or, more often, figuratively momentous: a ground-shaking discovery, ground-shaking political changes.
The figurative sense suggests something so significant it unsettles established foundations.
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- tremorInvoluntary rhythmic shaking
- earth movingRelocating soil mechanically
- aftershockSmaller quake following larger
- epicenterPoint above seismic origin
seismograph · seismic waves · San Andreas · fault lines · liquefaction · Richter scale · tectonic plates · structural damage · landslides · natural disaster · magnitude · accelerometer · volcanic eruptions · shudder · vibration · rock and roll · explosion · unstable
- earthquakesearthquake, quake, earthquakes, quakes, epicenter
- Devastationrubble, debris, destruction, devastation, collapsed structures
- earthquake effectsearthquake, aftershock, aftershocks, tremor, tremors
- geohazardslandslides, rockslide, mudslide, mudflow, subsidence
- seismic activityearthquake, quake, tremor, aftershock, foreshock
- earthquake engineeringearthquake engineering, seismic waves, liquefaction, seismic risk, dampers
ground shakingstillness
Complete lack of motion
stability · solid ground · terra firma · motionlessness · steadiness
ground shakinginsignificant
Lacking importance or consequence
trivial · unremarkable · inconsequential · unimportant · negligible