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Earthquake
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- International Environmental Law
- Environmental Law Violations
- Pollution
- Environmental Law
- Environmental Policy
- Disaster
Hierarchical Display of Earthquake
Environment > Deterioration of the environment > Degradation of the environment > Natural disaster
Science > Natural and applied sciences > Earth sciences > Geology > Seismology
Environment > Environmental policy > Environmental protection > Seismic monitoring
Earthquake
Concept of Earthquake
See the dictionary definition of Earthquake.
Characteristics of Earthquake
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Translation of Earthquake
- Spanish: Seísmo
- French: Séisme
- German: Erdbeben
- Italian: Sisma
- Portuguese: Sismo
- Polish: Trzęsienie ziemi
Thesaurus of Earthquake
Environment > Deterioration of the environment > Degradation of the environment > Natural disaster > Earthquake
Science > Natural and applied sciences > Earth sciences > Geology > Seismology > Earthquake
Environment > Environmental policy > Environmental protection > Seismic monitoring > Earthquake
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