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Seismic disturbance   /sˈaɪzmɪk dɪstˈərbəns/   Listen
Seismic disturbance

noun
1.
An instance of agitation of the earth's crust.  Synonym: shock.






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"Seismic disturbance" Quotes from Famous Books



... the suddenness of the whole catastrophe a volcanic or seismic disturbance was evident. The connection of volcanic or seismic action with a flow of water suggested a geyser or a hot spring of some sort, probably a spring which had broken through its normal confines some time before, but whose pressure had been sufficient ...
— The Runaway Skyscraper • Murray Leinster

... flames was decreasing. In truth it hardly seemed that the region was immediately menaced by any further upheaval. No stones were being hurled into space; no torrent of lava was visible upon the slopes; no rumblings rose from the ground. There was no further manifestation of any seismic disturbance ...
— The Master of the World • Jules Verne

... instantaneous in its effect. The observatory of Dunsink registered in all eleven shocks, all of the fifth grade of Mercalli's scale, and there is no record extant of a similar seismic disturbance in our island since the earthquake of 1534, the year of the rebellion of Silken Thomas. The epicentre appears to have been that part of the metropolis which constitutes the Inn's Quay ward and parish of Saint Michan covering a surface ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce



Words linked to "Seismic disturbance" :   temblor, shock, seism, quake, earthquake



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