moonquake

noun

moon·quake ˈmün-ˌkwāk

: a seismic event on the moon

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The instruments vibrated in response to movement of the ground, say, in a moonquake. —

Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2017 Beyond the occasional moonquake, not much happens amidst the impact basins that were once brimming with lava. —

David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Jan. 2022 Beyond the occasional moonquake, not much happens amidst the impact basins that were once brimming with lava billions of years ago. —

David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Nov. 2020 The moon has moonquakes Small moonquakes several miles below the surface are believed to be caused by the gravitational pull of the Earth. —

Fox News, 16 Mar. 2020 In general, the shape of these events is similar to that of moonquakes. —

John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2020 Exploring lunar nova The lander is equipped with a seismometer to listen for moonquakes and a Langmuir probe that will measure fluctuations in the wispy plasma enveloping the lunar surface. —

Sanjay Kumar, Science | AAAS, 7 Sep. 2019 The lander carried a thermal probe to take the moon’s temperature up to 10 centimeters underground and was also equipped with a seismometer to monitor moonquakes, which could have provided important information about the moon’s deep interior. —

Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American, 6 Sep. 2019 See More

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