microseismicity

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ seismicity

Noun

microseismicity (uncountable)

  1. The state of being microseismic
    • 2000 September 1, R. E. Reilinger et al., “Coseismic and Postseismic Fault Slip for the 17 August 1999, M=7.5, Izmit, Turkey Earthquake”, in Science‎, volume 289, number 5484, DOI:10.1126/science.289.5484.1519, pages 1519-1524:
      This interpretation is supported by the occurrence of enhanced pre-earthquake microseismicity in the epicentral area (49, 50 ) (Fig. 1 ).
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