Quake may refer to:
Seismology
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Earthquake
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from ...
, a shaking of the earth's surface
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Quake (natural phenomenon)
A quake is the result when the surface of a planet, moon or star begins to shake, usually as the consequence of a sudden release of energy transmitted as seismic waves, and potentially with great violence.
The types of quakes include:
Earthquak ...
, surface shaking on any astronomical body
Arts and entertainment
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''Quake'' (album), a 2003 album by Erik Friedlander
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''Quake'' (film), a 1992 American direct-to-video film
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''The Quake'' (film), a 2018 Norwegian film
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''Quake'' (series), a series of first-person shooter games
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''Quake'' (video game), the 1996 first game in the series
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''Quake'' engine, a game engine by ID Software, first used in the 1996 game
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''Quake'' (original soundtrack), by Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails, 1996
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''Quake II'' engine, the 1997 second iteration of the game engine, first used in ''Quake II''
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WQKE
WQKE ("The Quake") is a college online-streaming radio station in Plattsburgh, New York. From 1981 until 2022, it had broadcast on terrestrial radio on 93.9 FM. The college radio station is supported by the Student Association of SUNY Plattsburgh ...
, The Quake, an FM radio station in Plattsburgh, New York, US
* Quake, a
Transformers comics character
* Quake, a superhero code name used by the Marvel Comics character
Daisy Johnson
Daisy Johnson, also known as Quake, is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Gabriele Dell'Otto, the character first appeared in '' Secret War'' ...
Other uses
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Quake (cereal)
Quisp is a sugar-sweetened breakfast cereal from the Quaker Oats Company. It was introduced in 1965 and continued as a mass-market grocery item until the late 1970s. Subsequently, the Quaker Oats Company marketed Quisp sporadically, and with the ...
, a breakfast cereal marketed with Quisp
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Quake Inc.
is a Japanese media company that acts primarily as a music publisher. The company was founded as a printing company in 2001, however later became a music company known as Quake Records in 2003. In 2005, the company was renamed to Quake Holdings. ...
, now Exit Tunes, Inc., a Japanese media company
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Quake Lake
Quake Lake (officially Earthquake Lake) is a lake in the
western United States, on the Madison River in southwestern Montana. It was created after an earthquake struck on August 17, 1959, with 28 fatalities. Northwest of West Yellowstone, Qua ...
, a lake in Montana, US
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Stephen Quake
Stephen Ronald Quake (born 1969) is an American scientist, inventor and entrepreneur. He earned his B.S. in physics and M.S. in mathematics from Stanford in 1991 and his D.Phil. in physics from Oxford University in 1994 as a Marshall Scholar. Hi ...
(born 1969), American scientist
See also
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Earthquake (disambiguation)
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust (the outer layer) that creates seismic waves.
Earthquake may also refer to:
Fictional characters
*Earthquake (Samurai Shodown), Earthquake (''Samurai Shodown''), a fic ...
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Quaker (disambiguation) A Quakers, Quaker is a term used to describe members of the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Christian denomination.
Quaker may also refer to: Food and beverages
* Quaker Oats Company, a U.S. food company
** Cuáker, an List of Ecuado ...
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