earthquake, quake = trzęsienie ziemi

sichuan-earthquake

Source: http://welovecomments.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/reaction-from-someone-who-was-in-china-during-the-2008-magnitude-8-0-earthquake-in-sichuan/

trzęsienie ziemi

English sentence and Polish translation

We got caught in the earthquake. = Zostaliśmy zaskoczeni przez trzęsienie ziemi.