seismographic

Examples

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• Gravitometric and seismographic readings had found a suitable site on the high plateau within half a mile of the Pole.

  Fiction book (1991)

• (U//FOUO) Today, March 06, 2010 at 7:12 AM local time (UTC/GMT -5 hours), US seismographic stations recorded seismic activity in the area of Okinawa Island (Japan).

  Blog text (24)

• From the seismographic station in Athens, sir.

  The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

• Seismographic data recently detected a massive underground cavity over nine miles down.

  Nine Miles Down (2009)

• Yesterday, he had tapped those impressive resources to analyze the seismographic data on the recent quake.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Seismographic station, Athens, sir.

  The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

• The seismographic data has revealed a vast geological anomaly deep within the Earth's crust.

  Nine Miles Down (2009)

• With so few examples in hand of big earthquakes documented in detail by extensive modern seismographic networks, it is difficult to estimate the probability that a large quake will induce remote triggering or to say what the crucial factors are.

  Academic text (1993)

• The dense and extensive network of seismographic stations built up in the Far West during the 1980s has provided convincing evidence that the Landers quake triggered secondary tremors as far away as Yellowstone National Park, 1,250 km to the northeast.

  Academic text (1993)

• If the Landers earthquake and its far-flung offspring had erupted much before 1980, the remote triggering would probably have gone unnoticed, or at least unverified, because the network that now gives the Far Western United States the most intensive seismographic coverage of any large region on Earth was not yet substantially in place.

  Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

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seismic

vsseismographic

• Specialized

58 4.9

Relating to earthquakes or very large changes

focuses on recordings made by instruments that measure ground movements

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology