earthquake
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Quake
Word details
- German meaning
- Plattentektonik ist die Theorie, die die Bewegung der Erdplatten und die daraus resultierenden geologischen Phänomene wie Erdbeben und Vulkanismus beschreibt.
- English meaning
- plate tectonics
- Synonym
- Erdplattenbewegung
- German example
- Die Plattentektonik erklärt die Entstehung von Gebirgen und die Verteilung von Erdbeben.
- English example
- Plate tectonics explains the formation of mountains and the distribution of earthquakes.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- die
- Singular Form
- die Plattentektonik
- Plural Form
- None
Related words
- earthquake-prone
erdbebengefährdet
- Seebeben
earthquake
- Planetbeben
earthquake
- Erdbeben
earthquake
- Mondbeben
earthquake
- Erdstoß
earthquake
- erdbebensicher
earthquake-proof
- erdbebensicher
earthquake resistant
- Erdbebenkatastrophe
earthquake disaster
- Plünderer
Looter
- Berichterstattung
Reporting
- Kladderadatsch
A loud, confused noise or a situation of chaos and confusion.
- Verwerfung
A fault is a fracture or zone of fractures in the Earth's crust along which the blocks of rock have moved relative to one another.
- Erdbebenkatastrophe
earthquake disaster
- katastrophal
Catastrophic
- seismologisch
Seismological refers to seismology, the science that deals with earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves in the earth.
- seismisch
Seismic refers to earthquakes or tremors of the earth's crust.
- desaströs
Disastrous means catastrophic, devastating, or marked by great misfortune.
- umgekommen
Deceased, perished
- geowissenschaftlich
geoscientific
- erdbebensicher
Earthquake-proof
- seismographisch
Seismographic
- seismografisch
Seismographic refers to the recording of earthquakes or other seismic activities with a seismograph.
- Schutt
Debris
- unzerstört
Undestroyed means that something has not been damaged or destroyed; intact.
- Trümmer
Debris is the remains of something destroyed, such as buildings after an explosion or earthquake.
- Ausnahmezustand
State of emergency
- Seismologie
Seismology
- Seismograf
A seismograph is an instrument for recording earthquakes and other seismic activities.
- Seismometer
seismometer
- Erdbeben
Earthquake
- Tektonik
Tectonics
- Stabilität
Stability
- Kriegsrecht
Martial law
- Nachbeben
Aftershock
- Beben
Earthquake
- Todesopfer
Fatalities
- Siedewasserreaktor
A boiling water reactor is a nuclear reactor where the cooling water in the reactor core is brought to a boil to generate steam, which then drives turbines.
- Hilfsorganisation
Aid organization, charity
- Naturkatastrophe
Natural disaster
- krustal
crustal
- Richterskala
Richter scale
- Feldbett
camp bed
- Erschütterung
Shock
- Alarmzustand
State of alert
- Soforthilfe
Immediate aid
- Zeltstadt
Tent city
- umkommen
To die, to perish