microseism

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Recent Examples of microseism And there’s a similar volcanic microseism that’s already well documented in Japan. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2022
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Noun
  • Earthquakes like the one recorded on the Alabama-Georgia border are known as microearthquakes and are not usually felt by people.
    Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 5 May 2023
  • Earthquakes with magnitude of 2.0 or less are called microearthquakes.
    Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2017
Noun
  • The Gentlemen’s Club, for all its odd and difficult convulsions, is a heartening step in a positive direction.
    Mosi Reeves, VIBE.com, 22 June 2026
  • The Gentlemen’s Club, for all its odd and difficult convulsions, is a heartening step in a positive direction.
    Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • Yet at a time of perpetual upheaval in Hollywood, the unflashy Meledandri has created and shaped one of Hollywood’s most consistent blockbuster-making operations.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 June 2026
  • Earth-impacting shrapnel from those primordial upheavals may have helped seed our planet with the precursors for life, delivering water and organic compounds from the dark, icy depths of the outer solar system.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 June 2026

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“Microseism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microseism. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.

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