The phrase
"large quake" refers to a powerful and strong earthquake with a significant level of shaking and destruction.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«large»
«quake»
Sentences with «large quake»
- Despite the lack of large quakes in the gap, some researchers had suggested the region might be overdue for a large temblor. (sciencemag.org)
- Also, extremely large quakes in one part of the world can trigger earthquakes in another part. (science.howstuffworks.com)
- For the new study, Page and Hough considered three sets of data: the number and size of the original set of quakes, the number and spacing of magnitude - 6 or larger aftershocks recorded in the years after the original group of temblors, and the number and size of magnitude - 4 or larger quakes recorded by seismometers in the region today. (sciencemag.org)
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