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Recent Examples of microseism
And there’s a similar volcanic microseism that’s already well documented in Japan.
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Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2022
Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microseism
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Earthquakes like the one recorded on the Alabama-Georgia border are known as microearthquakes and are not usually felt by people.—
Howard Koplowitz | hkoplowitz@al.com,
al,
5 May 2023
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Earthquakes with magnitude of 2.0 or less are called microearthquakes.—
Don Behm,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
9 Sep. 2017
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Meanwhile, White speculates that the Hong Kong funds also got pummeled by headwinds in the Yen-carry trade—which made their financing more expensive—and exposure to recent convulsions in the silver market.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Some permanent changes among survivors have been noted, including persistent convulsions.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
29 Jan. 2026
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The council was established in April 2024, nearly three years after President Jovenel Moïse was killed at his residence, throwing Haiti into widespread upheaval.—
EVENS SANON,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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While Britain is suffering perhaps the most dramatic upheaval in the wake of the latest batch of Epstein files, association with the billionaire is popping up across the globe like a pandemic of questionable judgment.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Feb. 2026
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