They were seamed and cracked, weakened by a series of seismic shocks.
And there were seismic shocks in every area of public life.
By 1971, there were no more seismic shocks around the dam or reservoir.
The entire Earth staggered from the seismic shock of an 11.0 earthquake.
Chefs have come and gone, their departures sending seismic shocks through the food world.
Tsunami is the Japanese word for "great wave caused by underwater seismic shock."
Did you know, Steven, that in the past two months there have been over a hundred major seismic shocks?
After the lake was created the incidence of seismic shocks increased by a factor of three to six times.
Look at the list of disasters caused by so-called "natural" seismic shocks, particularly in the last hundred years.
A woman who had no idea that there was any trouble in her marriage will have to handle the seismic shock first.