Earthquake

Power 20 Accuracy +50%
Type Special Magic
Effect Deals unresistable damage to the target
Element Matter
Used By Sand Worm
Cast By Items Gaia Drum
Earthquake is technically Matter-elemental, but resistance does not reduce the damage. For the purposes of resistance, Earthquake is a non-elemental Spell. The Earthquake 10 Ability of the Gaia Drum and Sand Worm deals 50–200 damage to each target.
Compare Earthquake to other Spells
Monsters: Which use Earthquake – 1 shown
Bosses must be defeated as part of the plot; rare monsters appear in trap rooms for the current map or area; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game, but are optional
Name
The rank of the monster; the rank of any given encounter is determined by the lowest rank of any monster in that encounter; rank is used to determine how quickly skills progress toward the next level
Rk
The monster's starting and maximum hit point total
HP
The monster's starting and maximum magic point total
MP
Each physical hit will deal between one and two times this amount of damage to the target, reduced by the target's defense
Att
The number of attacks the monster makes when it attacks physically, and the accuracy of each of those attacks
Acc
The status ailment or other effect, if any, that can be inflicted by this monster's attacks; if a monster inflicts multiple status ailments, all are inflicted at once; drain attacks always drain 1/16 of the target's total hp or mp, as appropriate, and have an opposite effect against undead creatures
Effect
Each physical hit the monster takes will have its damage reduced by this amount
Def
The number of evasion chances the monster has when attacked physically, and the sucess rate of each of those chances
Eva
The number of magic defense chances the monster has when targeted with a spell or ability, and the sucess rate of each of those chances
Mag. Def.
A monster's fear score is the base chance that it will flee from combat on its turn; this chance is increased when the party has more total HP than all remaining enemies
Fear
The average gil value of the money or items this monster can drop when defeated
Avg. Drop
The families this monster belongs to; Undead creatures are damaged by healing spells and reverse the effects of drain attacks used against them; some weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against certain monster families (this does not stack with the bonus for using an elemental weapon against a monster that is weak against that element)
Family
The elements this monster is weak against; spells of these elements always have their maximum effect and deal double damage; elemental weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against monsters weak against any of their elements (this does not stack with the bonus for using a weapon against a monster of a family it is especially effective against)
Weakness
The elements this monster resists or absorbs; spells of resisted elements are always fully resisted and deal half damage, whle spells of absorbed elements have no effect and heal the target; individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed
Resists/Absorbs
Sand Worm 6 1,290 190 100 7×85% - 40 1×70% 6×30% −153% 1,120 gil Magic Beast, Earth - -
Items: Which cast Earthquake in battle – 1 shown
Rare items can only be found as treasure or won from monsters; unique items can only be found as treasure
Name
The spell cast when this item is used in combat, and the level it is used at; specific details on the item's battle effect are found on individual item pages
Spell
The target of items is preset and cannot be changed
Target
Items may break after being used in combat; in some cases the item always breaks, and in other cases there is a random chance of the item breaking each time it is used
Break
The cost to buy this item in a shop
Price
The amount of gil received when selling this item in a shop
Value
Gaia Drum Earthquake 10 All enemies 5% 8,000 gil 4,000 gil
Self-Destruct Cyclone

Related

The Airship

The Emperor
Page 3
Cid bequeaths his airship to the party, allowing them to approach Castle Palamecia from above.

CRACK

Hit % 92%
Inflicts Earth-elemental KO on all foes
Target All Foes
Element Earth
Status KO
Used By
CHAOS
Sand W

Earthquake

Effect Inflicts Earth-elemental KO on all foes
Hit Rate 92%
Target All Foes
Element Earth
Status KO
Used By
CHAOS
Sand Worm

Earthquake

Type Black Magic (used only by monsters)
Level 7
Effect Deal Earth damage
Element Earth
Base Power 80
Base Accuracy 100%
Reflectable No
Target All Enemies

Earthquake

Type Terrain Effect (Black Magic)
Base Terrain Grassland
Level 1
Effect Deal Earth damage
Element Earth
Base Power 90
Base Accuracy 50%
Reflectable No
Target All Enemies

Cast By

Earthquake is the most common Terrain ability in early game dungeons, before Geomancers actually become available. In Maps you're likely to take a Geomancer into, Earthquake tends to show up during a lot of boss fights.

Earthquake

Type Magic
MP 10
Base Damage 37.5%×M Attack% 255% (always hits)
Target All enemies
Element Earth
Used by Land Worm, Sea Worm

Earthquake

Eidolon Alexander
PS3 Command ↓ + X
Xbox Command ↓ + A
Description Deal proximity-based damage, launching staggered enemies. Chainable by repeating input.
ATB Cost 4 (2)
Chapter 11