Collocation

- earthquake (adj~) big, great huge, major, severe, small
     (verb~) happen, occur, strike, hit, shake, destroy
(prep~) in a/the ~ : The building was destroyed in an~.
A huge earthquake struck the town. Some people injured in the earthquake.

- lie (adj~) big, great, little, complete, white, deliberate
   (verb~) tell, believe, swallow, live: He lived a ~ for decades: The accused told a lie deliberately before the judge. The judge didn’t believe the lie.