Earthquake (move)

Earthquake じしん Earthquake

Battles Type  Ground Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  100 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally All Others: Affects all Pokémon adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM26 in Generation I TM26 in Generation II TM26 in Generation III TM26 in Generation IV TM26 in Generation V

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Earthquake (Japanese: じしん Earthquake) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I. It is TM26 in all generations so far.

Effect

Generation I

Earthquake inflicts damage and has no secondary effects.

Generation II

Earthquake inflicts double damage if the target is in the underground (first turn) stage of Dig.

Generations III and IV

The effects of Earthquake are the same as in Generation II. Additionally, in double battles, it strikes all opponents as well as the user's teammates, but with reduced power.

Generation V

The effects of Earthquake are the same as in Generation IV. In triple battles, Earthquake will only hit adjacent Pokémon.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
050		Diglett	Ground		Ground	40			41			41			37				40			''''
051		Dugtrio	Ground		Ground	47			49			51			45				50			''''
074		Geodude	Rock	Ground	31			36			36			29				39			''''
075		Graveler	Rock	Ground	36			41			45			33				47			''''
076		Golem	Rock	Ground	36			41			45			33				47			''''
111		Rhyhorn	Ground	Rock				55			52			49				56			''''
112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock				65			58			49				62			''''
194		Wooper	Water	Ground				31			36			33				33			''''
195		Quagsire	Water	Ground				35			42			36				36			''''
220		Swinub	Ice	Ground										37				37			''''
221		Piloswine	Ice	Ground										40				40			''''
232		Donphan	Ground		Ground				49			49			46				46			''''
246		Larvitar	Rock	Ground				50			50			41				46			''''
247		Pupitar	Rock	Ground				56			56			47				54			''''
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark				61			61			47				54			'
259		Marshtomp	Water	Ground							46			46				46			''''
260		Swampert	Water	Ground							52			52				52			''''
322		Numel	Fire	Ground							35			41				45			''''
323		Camerupt	Fire	Ground							37			49				57			''''
328		Trapinch	Ground		Ground										73				73			''''
339		Barboach	Water	Ground							31			39				39			''''
340		Whiscash	Water	Ground							36			45				45			''''
383		Groudon	Ground		Ground							35			35				35			''''
389		Torterra	Grass	Ground										32				32			''''
449		Hippopotas	Ground		Ground										37				37			''''
450		Hippowdon	Ground		Ground										40				40			''''
464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock										49				62			''''
473		Mamoswine	Ice	Ground										40				40			''''
529		Drilbur	Ground		Ground														33			''''
530		Excadrill	Ground	Steel														36			''''
551		Sandile	Ground	Dark														43			''''
552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark														48			''''
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark														54			''''
622		Golett	Ground	Ghost														45			''''
623		Golurk	Ground	Ghost														50			''''
645		Landorus	Ground	Flying														55			''''
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I TM26		II TM26		III TM26		IV TM26		V TM26		VI TM08
003		Venusaur	Grass	Poison							✔			✔				✔		✔
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
009		Blastoise	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
024		Arbok	Poison		Poison	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
027		Sandshrew	Ground		Ground	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
028		Sandslash	Ground		Ground	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
034		Nidoking	Poison	Ground	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
050		Diglett	Ground		Ground	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
051		Dugtrio	Ground		Ground	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
056		Mankey	Fighting		Fighting							✔			✔				✔		✔
057		Primeape	Fighting		Fighting							✔			✔				✔		✔
061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
066		Machop	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
067		Machoke	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
068		Machamp	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
074		Geodude	Rock	Ground	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
075		Graveler	Rock	Ground	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
076		Golem	Rock	Ground	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
079		Slowpoke	Water	Psychic	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
080		Slowbro	Water	Psychic	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
095		Onix	Rock	Ground	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
104		Cubone	Ground		Ground	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
105		Marowak	Ground		Ground	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
106		Hitmonlee	Fighting		Fighting							✔			✔				✔		✔
107		Hitmonchan	Fighting		Fighting							✔			✔				✔		✔
108		Lickitung	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
111		Rhyhorn	Ground	Rock	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
113		Chansey	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
115		Kangaskhan	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
127		Pinsir	Bug		Bug							✔			✔				✔		✔
128		Tauros	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying							✔			✔				✔		✔
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying							✔			✔				✔		✔
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic							✔			✔				✔		✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔			✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
154		Meganium	Grass		Grass				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
157		Typhlosion	Fire		Fire				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
185		Sudowoodo	Rock		Rock				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
186		Politoed	Water		Water				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
194		Wooper	Water	Ground				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
195		Quagsire	Water	Ground				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
199		Slowking	Water	Psychic				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
203		Girafarig	Normal	Psychic				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
204		Pineco	Bug		Bug							✔			✔				✔		✔
205		Forretress	Bug	Steel							✔			✔				✔		✔
206		Dunsparce	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying							✔			✔				✔		✔
208		Steelix	Steel	Ground				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
209		Snubbull	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
210		Granbull	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
213		Shuckle	Bug	Rock				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
214		Heracross	Bug	Fighting				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
219		Magcargo	Fire	Rock				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
220		Swinub	Ice	Ground				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
221		Piloswine	Ice	Ground				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
222		Corsola	Water	Rock				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
226		Mantine	Water	Flying							✔			✔				✔		✔
231		Phanpy	Ground		Ground				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
232		Donphan	Ground		Ground				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
234		Stantler	Normal		Normal				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
236		Tyrogue	Fighting		Fighting							✔			✔				✔		✔
237		Hitmontop	Fighting		Fighting							✔			✔				✔		✔
241		Miltank	Normal		Normal				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
242		Blissey	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
246		Larvitar	Rock	Ground				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
247		Pupitar	Rock	Ground				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
250		Ho-Oh	Fire	Flying				✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
254		Sceptile	Grass		Grass							✔			✔				✔		✔
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting							✔			✔				✔		✔
259		Marshtomp	Water	Ground							✔			✔				✔		✔
260		Swampert	Water	Ground							✔			✔				✔		✔
288		Vigoroth	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
289		Slaking	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
294		Loudred	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
295		Exploud	Normal		Normal							✔			✔				✔		✔
296		Makuhita	Fighting		Fighting							✔			✔				✔		✔
297		Hariyama	Fighting		Fighting							✔			✔				✔		✔
299		Nosepass	Rock		Rock							✔			✔				✔		✔
304		Aron	Steel	Rock							✔			✔				✔		✔
305		Lairon	Steel	Rock							✔			✔				✔		✔
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock							✔			✔				✔		✔
317		Swalot	Poison		Poison										✔				✔		✔
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark							✔			✔				✔		✔
320		Wailmer	Water		Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
321		Wailord	Water		Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
322		Numel	Fire	Ground							✔			✔				✔		✔
323		Camerupt	Fire	Ground							✔			✔				✔		✔
324		Torkoal	Fire		Fire										✔				✔		✔
328		Trapinch	Ground		Ground							✔			✔				✔		✔
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon							✔			✔				✔		✔
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon							✔			✔				✔		✔
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying							✔			✔				✔		✔
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison							✔			✔				✔		✔
337		Lunatone	Rock	Psychic							✔			✔				✔		✔
338		Solrock	Rock	Psychic							✔			✔				✔		✔
339		Barboach	Water	Ground							✔			✔				✔		✔
340		Whiscash	Water	Ground							✔			✔				✔		✔
343		Baltoy	Ground	Psychic							✔			✔				✔		✔
344		Claydol	Ground	Psychic							✔			✔				✔		✔
346		Cradily	Rock	Grass							✔			✔				✔		✔
348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug							✔			✔				✔		✔
356		Dusclops	Ghost		Ghost							✔			✔				✔		✔
357		Tropius	Grass	Flying							✔			✔				✔		✔
362		Glalie	Ice		Ice							✔			✔				✔		✔
363		Spheal	Ice	Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
364		Sealeo	Ice	Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
365		Walrein	Ice	Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
369		Relicanth	Water	Rock							✔			✔				✔		✔
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying							✔			✔				✔		✔
375		Metang	Steel	Psychic							✔			✔				✔		✔
376		Metagross	Steel	Psychic							✔			✔				✔		✔
377		Regirock	Rock		Rock							✔			✔				✔		✔
378		Regice	Ice		Ice							✔			✔				✔		✔
379		Registeel	Steel		Steel							✔			✔				✔		✔
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic							✔			✔				✔		✔
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic							✔			✔				✔		✔
382		Kyogre	Water		Water							✔			✔				✔		✔
383		Groudon	Ground		Ground							✔			✔				✔		✔
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying							✔			✔				✔		✔
389		Torterra	Grass	Ground										✔				✔		✔
392		Infernape	Fire	Fighting										✔				✔		✔
395		Empoleon	Water	Steel										✔				✔		✔
408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock										✔				✔		✔
409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock										✔				✔		✔
410		Shieldon	Rock	Steel										✔				✔		✔
411		Bastiodon	Rock	Steel										✔				✔		✔
413		Wormadam	Bug	Ground										✔				✔		✔
423		Gastrodon	Water	Ground										✔				✔		✔
436		Bronzor	Steel	Psychic										✔				✔		✔
437		Bronzong	Steel	Psychic										✔				✔		✔
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground										✔				✔		✔
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground										✔				✔		✔
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground										✔				✔		✔
446		Munchlax	Normal		Normal										✔				✔		✔
447		Riolu	Fighting		Fighting										✔				✔		✔
448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel										✔				✔		✔
449		Hippopotas	Ground		Ground										✔				✔		✔
450		Hippowdon	Ground		Ground										✔				✔		✔
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark										✔				✔		✔
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting										✔				✔		✔
454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting										✔				✔		✔
458		Mantyke	Water	Flying										✔				✔		✔
460		Abomasnow	Grass	Ice										✔				✔		✔
463		Lickilicky	Normal		Normal										✔				✔		✔
464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock										✔				✔		✔
465		Tangrowth	Grass		Grass										✔				✔		✔
466		Electivire	Electric		Electric										✔				✔		✔
467		Magmortar	Fire		Fire										✔				✔		✔
472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying										✔				✔		✔
473		Mamoswine	Ice	Ground										✔				✔		✔
475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting										✔				✔		✔
476		Probopass	Rock	Steel										✔				✔		✔
477		Dusknoir	Ghost		Ghost										✔				✔		✔
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon										✔				✔		✔
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon										✔				✔		✔
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel										✔				✔		✔
486		Regigigas	Normal		Normal										✔				✔		✔
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon										✔				✔		✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal										✔				✔		✔
500		Emboar	Fire	Fighting														✔		✔
524		Roggenrola	Rock		Rock														✔		✔
525		Boldore	Rock		Rock														✔		✔
526		Gigalith	Rock		Rock														✔		✔
529		Drilbur	Ground		Ground														✔		✔
530		Excadrill	Ground	Steel														✔		✔
534		Conkeldurr	Fighting		Fighting														✔		✔
537		Seismitoad	Water	Ground														✔		✔
538		Throh	Fighting		Fighting														✔		✔
539		Sawk	Fighting		Fighting														✔		✔
545		Scolipede	Bug	Poison														✔		✔
551		Sandile	Ground	Dark														✔		✔
552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark														✔		✔
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark														✔		✔
555		Darmanitan	Fire		Fire														✔		✔
557		Dwebble	Bug	Rock														✔		✔
558		Crustle	Bug	Rock														✔		✔
564		Tirtouga	Water	Rock														✔		✔
565		Carracosta	Water	Rock														✔		✔
566		Archen	Rock	Flying														✔		✔
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying														✔		✔
612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon														✔		✔
618		Stunfisk	Ground	Electric														✔		✔
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon														✔		✔
622		Golett	Ground	Ghost														✔		✔
623		Golurk	Ground	Ghost														✔		✔
626		Bouffalant	Normal		Normal														✔		✔
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon														✔		✔
639		Terrakion	Rock	Fighting														✔		✔
645		Landorus	Ground	Flying														✔		✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0207 Gligar Ground Flying Pokémon Stadium 2 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Phanpy Slaking Whiscash
The user jumps into the air and strikes the ground, sending shock waves throughout the battlefield.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Phanpy gets on its hind legs, then brings its front legs down hard, creating an earthquake.
Ash's Phanpy	Love, Pokémon Style		Debut
	Golem jumps into the air. When it hits the ground, it creates an earthquake.
Flint's Golem	A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!		None
	Loudred jumps high into the air and lands hard, making white shockwaves come out of the ground and at the opponent.
Guy's Loudred	Exploud and Clear		None
	Slaking jumps into the air and strikes the ground, making the battlefield shake.
Norman's Slaking	Balance of Power		None
	Whiscash jumps into the air and lands hard on the ground, making the battlefield shake.
Nero	Whiscash and Ash		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Torterra
The user creates an earthquake by stomping their foot.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Nidoking stomps its foot against the ground, creating a powerful earthquake that shakes the surrounding area.
Giovanni's Nidoking	Long Live the Nidoqueen!?		Debut
	Rhydon slams its tail against the ground, creating a powerful earthquake that shakes the battlefield.
Silver's Rhydon	Spinning Top Hitmontop		None
	Marshtomp slams both of its open-palmed hands against the ground, creating a powerful earthquake that shakes the battlefield.
Ruby's Zuzu	VS. Slugma II		None
	Snorlax jumps into the air and lands on its behind, causing a large earthquake that shakes the battlefield.
Red's Snor	The Battle Path		None
	Phanpy jumps into the air and curls its body into a ball. It then slams its body into the ground, causing the battlefield to shake violently.
Crys's Phanpy	VS. Regirock		None
	Charizard waves both of its arms to the side and the ground below it starts to shake violently.
Tucker's Charizard	VS. Charizard		None
	Torterra lifts its front two legs into the air and slams them down into the ground. When it does, two pulses of energy erupt from its legs for a moment. A crack then travels long the ground and towards the opponent. When it reaches the opponent, the ground under it begins to shake violently.
Diamond's Tru	VS. Staravia and Skuntank II		None
	Ursaring smashes its paws onto the ground, causing a crack to form in the ground and trap its opponent into it.
Battle Factory's Ursaring	VS Ledian		None
	Diglett makes the ground shake violently.
Pearl's Dighiko	VS Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost)		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Pokémon Stadium 2 makes available a special Gligar that knows Earthquake, a move it cannot have legally otherwise in Generation II.
• In Generations III and IV all of the final evolved starters could learn Earthquake by TM26.
  • However, Pokémon Black and White broke this tradition, with only one final evolved starter of the Unova region, Emboar, being able to learn Earthquake by any method.
• Tyranitar is the only Pokémon who learns Earthquake by leveling up to not gain STAB when used.

This move caused an episode to be banned in Japan, due to the 2004 Chuetsu earthquakes having struck the country a couple of weeks before the episode in question was intended to air. Due to this, Earthquake has not been used or seen in the anime since.

• • Similar looking moves like Fissure and Magnitude have also never been seen or used in the anime since the episode.
• In the games, Earthquake can be used anywhere, icluding in a water battlefield

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 地震 Dìzhèn Dutch Aardbeving Finnish Maanjäristys French Séisme German Erdbeben Greek Σεισμός Hindi भूकंप Bhookamp Indonesian Gempa Bumi Italian Terremoto Korean 지진 Jijin Norwegian Jordskjelv Polish Trzęsienie ziemi Portuguese Tremor de Terra (Pokémon Chronicles) Serbian Zemljotres Spanish Terremoto

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