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Elastic strain, gravity, chemical reactions, or even the motion of massive bodies can produce earthquakes.

definition

An earthquake is a process during which energy is released in an astronomical body's crust, causing the displacement of crustal parts and the generation of seismic waves.

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Earthquakes

has related synonym

tremor

temblor

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/envo.owl

in subset

environmental_hazards

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