seaquake

noun

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as in microearthquake

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  1. microearthquake
  2. microseism
  3. upheaval
  4. convulsion
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
Definition of microearthquake
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  • And there’s a similar volcanic microseism that’s already well documented in Japan.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2022
Definition of microseism
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  • Political upheaval The prosecutions have unfolded against the backdrop of dramatic changes in relations between Washington and Caracas.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
  • As Japan entered a period of political upheaval in the mid-nineteenth century, criminal gangs became useful in a new way.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of upheaval
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  • Since the late nineteenth century, raw white-lead was known to pose a substantial health risk to those exposed to it, prompting symptoms such as swelling of the brain, epileptic convulsions, paralysis, severe colic, and death.
    — Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026
  • In amphibians, chytridiomycosis causes a wide variety of symptoms including skin damage, red skin, convulsions, and eventually leads to heart failure.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of convulsion
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