Words similar to earthquakes

Example sentences for: earthquakes

How can you use “earthquakes” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

(Note: USAT calls yesterday's temblor "one of the worst earthquakes this century," but what does this mean?
This ancient ritual is meant to pave the way for a good harvest, with branches of hollyhock to stave off thunder and earthquakes.
Monuments and museums have suffered from earthquakes (the last catastrophic one was in Campania 1980), and civic neglect.
Unfortunately, the basilica was the region’s one structure that suffered the most damage during the earthquakes of 1997, whose epicenter was located just outside of Assisi.
This has some very realistic audio-visual re-enactments of eruptions and earthquakes, with special stereo sound effects.