- 中国地震局 Zhōngguó Dìzhènjú China Earthquake Administrationthe national agency of the People's Republic of China responsible for seismic monitoring, disaster mitigation, and emergency response
- 地震波 dìzhènbō seismic wave
- 地震带 dìzhèndài seismic zoneA geographic region or belt characterized by frequent earthquake activity.
- 国家地震局 Guójiā Dìzhènjú China Earthquake AdministrationThe Chinese government organization responsible for seismological monitoring, research, and disaster mitigation.
- 地震学 dìzhènxué seismologythe branch of science concerned with earthquakes and related phenomena
- 地震仪 dìzhènyí seismometer
- 地震学家 dìzhènxuéjiā seismologista scientist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical properties of the Earth
- 地震区 dìzhènqū seismic zonea geographical area or region prone to earthquakes or seismic activity
- 汶川地震 Wènchuān Dìzhèn Wenchuan earthquakethe Great Sichuan Earthquake of 2008
- 汶川大地震 Wènchuān Dàdìzhèn Wenchuan earthquakeThe Great Sichuan Earthquake of 2008.
- 浅源地震 qiǎnyuándìzhèn shallow earthquakeshallow earthquake with a focal depth less than 70 km
- 深源地震 shēnyuándìzhèn deep earthquakeAn earthquake with a focus (hypocenter) located at a depth of more than 300 km.
- 环太平洋地震带 Huán Tàipíngyáng Dìzhèndài Ring of FireRing of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)
- 群发性地震 qúnfāxìngdìzhèn earthquake swarm
- 中国地震台网 Zhōngguó Dìzhèn Táiwǎng China Earthquake Networks CenterChina Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the information hub of the China Earthquake Administration (CEA)
- 陕西大地震 Shǎnxīdàdìzhèn Shaanxi earthquakethe great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people
- 中源地震 zhōngyuándìzhèn intermediate earthquakemedium depth earthquake with a focal depth between 70 and 300 km
- 关东地震 Guāndōngdìzhèn Kantō earthquakeKantō earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area
- 唐山大地震 Tángshān Dàdìzhèn Tangshan earthquakethe Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976
- 四川大地震 Sìchuān Dàdìzhèn Great Sichuan EarthquakeGreat Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
- 地震局 dìzhènjú earthquake bureau
- 地震活动带 dìzhènhuódòngdài seismic zoneA geographic region or belt characterized by frequent earthquake activity.
- 地震烈度 dìzhènlièdù earthquake intensityearthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power)
- 地震速报 dìzhènsùbào earthquake alertreal-time report or early warning notification providing data about a recorded earthquake
