| 汶川大地震 | wen4 chuan1 da4 di4 zhen4 | Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008) |
| 浅源地震 | qian3 yuan2 di4 zhen4 | shallow earthquake (with epicenter less than 70 km deep) |
| 深源地震 | shen1 yuan2 di4 zhen4 | deep earthquake (with epicenter more than 300 km deep) |
| 陕西大地震 | shan3 xi1 da4 di4 zhen4 | the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people |
| 震源机制 | zhen4 yuan2 ji1 zhi4 | focal mechanism of earthquake |
| 印尼地震 | yin4 ni2 di5 zhen4 | Indonesian earthquake |
| 四川汶川地区 | si4 chuan1 wen4 chuan1 di5 qu1 | Sichuan Wenchuan earthquake |
| 在地震灾区 | zai4 di5 zhen4 zai1 qu1 | in the earthquake region |
| 在此次地震中 | zai4 ci3 ci4 di5 zhen4 zhong1 | in this earthquake |
| 地震救援 | di5 zhen4 jiu4 yuan2 | earthquake relief |
| 强烈余震 | qiang2 lie4 yu2 zhen4 | intense earthquake |
| 抗震结构 | kang4 zhen4 jie2 gou4 | earthquake resistant construction |
| 汶川地区 | wen4 chuan1 di5 qu1 | Wenchuan earthquake |