Quake World

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
QW
Pronunciation
/kweɪk wərld/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. Within 30 minutes or less, they can trace the entire crustal rupture that produces a quake anywhere in the world.
  2. The devastating quake in Sichuan destroyed the little psychological world of a9-year-old girl named Wang Yue.
  3. In new research prepared since the quake and tsunami struck Japan, the World Bank provides preliminary analysis on the implications for the region with a focus on trade and finance.
  4. The quake started a fire at one of the world's most powerful nuclear power plants, sending radioactive water into the Sea of Japan.
  5. The quake has altered, at least temporarily, the world's perception of China, whose growing economic and military might is viewed with suspicion and fear in many quarters.

Other meanings of QW