English-Italian translations for earthquake

• terremoto
  Terremoto nella regione degli Abruzzi in Italia (discussione) Earthquake in the Abruzzo Region of Italy (debate)
  Come sappiamo è stato un terremoto la causa della tragedia di Haiti. Obviously, an earthquake caused the disaster in Haiti.
  E' un nuovo terremoto, ha una causa diversa? Is it a new earthquake, does it have a different cause?
• sisma
  Recente sisma ad Haiti (discussione) Recent earthquake in Haiti (debate)
  Il sisma è stato di magnitudo elevata. The scale of the earthquake was considerable.
  Si è trattato di un sisma molto violento, pari a 6, 3 gradi della scala Richter. This earthquake was fairly strong, 6.3 on the Richter scale.
• scossa tellurica
• tremuoto

Definition of earthquake

• A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.
• Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies.

Related words

• microearthquake
• mega-earthquake
• earthquake engineering
• earthquake protector
• earthquake baroque
• earthquake victim