moonquake
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- noun
- /ˈmuːnˌkweɪk/
- Specialized
- A recent study found that the largest moonquakes can reach magnitudes that, while smaller than Earth's quakes, are still significant for lunar research.
Examples
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Scientists have detected small moonquakes on the lunar surface that occur much less frequently than earthquakes on Earth.
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NASA's seismographs have recorded numerous moonquakes that provide important data about the Moon's geological activity.
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Several seconds passed before Charlotte realized it was a moonquake that had caused her to slide back down.
Fiction book (1996) -
Another moonquake.
Fiction book (1996) -
We haven't figured out if a moonquake ripped a grounding cable loose or what.
Fiction book (1996) -
Massive disruptions of the crust were going to take place, resulting in unprecedented moonquakes that extended from the core to the surface.
Fiction book (2000) -
Most of these are animals, plants, rocks, or diseases: moon blindness, mooneye, moonfish, moonflower, moonlet, moonquake, moonseed, moon shell.
Fiction book (1991)
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Moonquake is formed like earthquake: moon is the Moon and quake means 'to shake' or 'tremble'. So a moonquake is simply a 'shake' that happens on the Moon's surface.