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Earthquakes See also geology. an earthquake occurring at very deep levels of the earth. the slow upward and downward motion of the earth’s crust. — bradyseismic, adj. any major disaster, as an earthquake, flood, etc. See also water. — cataclysmal, adj. a line drawn about an epicenter through all points affected by the same seismic shock. — coseismic, adj. a point on the earth’s surface directly above the true center of the seismic disturbance from which the shock waves of an earthquake seem to radiate. a major earthquake. — macroseismic, adj. a violent earthquake. — megaseismic, adj. an almost imperceptible earth tremor caused by a violent sea storm or an earthquake and detected only by a microseismometer. — microseismic, adj. the intensity, frequency, and distribution of earthquakes in a specific area. an earthquake. — seismic, adj. the record of an earthquake’s vibrations and intensity made by a seismograph. any of various devices for measuring and recording the vibrations and intensities of earthquakes. — seismographer, n. — seismographic, seismographical, adj. 1. the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes. 2. seismology. the branch of geology that studies earthquakes and their effects. Also seismography. — seismologist, n. — seismologic, seismological, adj. a special seismograph equipped to measure the actual movement of the ground. — seismometry, n. — seismometric, adj. an earthquake that occurs in a part of the world far away from a recording station. — teleseismic, adj. an instrument for detecting or measuring very slight earth tremors. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And it is much more likely, that the destruction that hath heretofore been there, was not by earthquakes (as the Egyptian priest told Solon concerning the island of Atlantis, that it was swallowed by an earthquake), but rather that it was desolated by a particular deluge. 85: Some say that great earthquakes occurred, which broke through the neck of land and formed the straits (3), the sea parting the mainland from the island. Probably the mother during an important interval was sailing down the Peruvian coast, when earthquakes caused the beach to gape. |
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