Nouns

(n)turbulence, upheaval, Sturm und Dranga state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)“the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence”
(n)convulsion, turmoil, upheavala violent disturbance“the convulsions of the stock market”
(n)upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
(n)agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloodisturbance usually in protest