Seaquake (Noun)
Meaning
An earthquake at the sea bed.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The remote-operated vehicle was monitoring the seafloor when a powerful seaquake occurred, sending a plume of sediment into the water column.
- Geologists detected a significant seaquake near the subduction zone, prompting an assessment of potential tsunami threats.
- Submersibles and drones are increasingly being used to map seafloor areas that are prone to devastating seaquakes.
- Several instruments stationed at the seafloor boundary between tectonic plates registered the major seaquake's impacts in exquisite detail.
- Studies suggest the uncharacterized earthquake waves traveling away from an ocean seaquake indicate profound slippage took place without evidence at first blush on surrounding seabeds