seis·mol·o·gy

(sīz-mŏl′ə-jē)

The geophysical science of earthquakes and the mechanical properties of the earth.

seis′mo·log′ic (-mə-lŏj′ĭk), seis′mo·log′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.

seis′mo·log′i·cal·ly adv.

seis·mol′o·gist n.

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Noun

seismologist - a geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth

geophysicist - a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth

Translations

عالِم زلازِل

seismolog

Seismologe Seismologin

sismologue

földrengéskutató

skjálftafræîingur

seismolog

seizmológ

deprem bilimcisismolog

地震学家

seismologist

[saɪzˈmɒlədʒɪst] N → sismólogo/a m/f

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seismologist

[saɪzˈmɒlədʒɪst] n → sismologue mf

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seismologist

n → Seismologe m, → Seismologin f

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seismic

(ˈsaizmik) adjective

of earthquakes. seismic disturbances.

seisˈmology (-ˈmolədʒi) noun

the science or study of earthquakes.

ˌseismoˈlogical (-ˈlo-) adjective

seisˈmologist noun

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References in periodicals archive

The newly identified fault, dubbed the Salton Trough Fault, shakes up assessments of the potential for damaging earthquakes in the region, according to Valerie Sahakian, a seismologist at the U.S.

San Andreas has neighbor

He studies and learns from earthquakes as a seismologist and director of the Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Seismologist

According to Emil Botev, the seismologist on duty at the Geophysics Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the earthquake was a micro one and it could not even be put in the category of weak earthquakes with a magnitude below 3 on the Richter scale.

Bulgarians Feel Light Quake Strong Due to Close Epicenter

One out of every eight weeks I am the on-duty seismologist, so I have to respond to an earthquake as soon as it happens, even if it's in the middle of the night.

I want that job: when a quake shakes the ground, Susan Hough is on the scene. She's a seismologist

Bennett Simpson, a seismologist with the British Geological Survey in Edinburgh, said: "This was a significant earthquake.

Quake rattles Scottish town

Two moderate earthquakes struck Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Monday, with the second killing seven people whose houses collapsed on them and injuring 150 others, a local government official and a seismologist said.

3RD LD: 7 killed, 150 injured as quakes hit Indonesia's Sumatra Island

Susan Hough is a research seismologist in one of North America's most active earthquake zones: her title succeeds in aptly communicating the science of earthquake research to a lay audience, injecting a healthy dose of lively history for those with no prior background in the subject.

Earthshaking Science

Alice Walker, a seismologist at the British Geological Survey, said in November 1995 tremors caused by 20,000 fans jumping at an Oasis concert at Earl's Court were felt up to a mile away.

Body and sole: Pupils to jump on to Richter scale - and into Guinness Book of Records

Seismologist Bennett Simpson, from the Royal Geographical Society, said: "It was a small earthquake in world terms but significant for the UK." But his colleagues say Britain is overdue for a quake measuring 5 or more on the Richter scale - 25 times more powerful that yesterday's tremors.

Quake shakes Cornwall..but there's a bigger one coming