地殻変動
ちかくへんどう diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust)
Why it means this
地殻 (the crust) + 変動 (movement, upheaval) — shifting and deformation of the earth's crust; figuratively, a seismic shift in politics.
Breakdown
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