1. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
   "The quake was felt hundreds of miles from its epicentre";
   - earthquake, temblor, seism

1. Shake with seismic vibrations
   "The earth was quaking";
   - tremor
    
2. Shake with fast, tremulous movements
   "His nostrils quaked";
   - quiver, palpitate

Derived forms: quaked, quakes, quaking

Type of: agitate, geological phenomenon, shake, tremble

Encyclopedia: Quake, Stephen