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Webster 1913 Edition

Seaquake

Sea′quakeˊ

(sē′kwākˊ)

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Noun.

A quaking of the sea.

Definition 2024

seaquake

seaquake

English

Noun

seaquake ‎(plural seaquakes)

A hydrostatic pressure disturbance caused by an earthquake or volcano in the seabed.^[1]

Translations

Translations

Chinese:
Mandarin: 海震 (zh) ‎(hǎizhèn)
Dutch: zeebeving (nl) f
Esperanto: submara tertremo
German: Seebeben (de) n

Italian: maremoto (it) m
Japanese: 海震 ‎(かいしん, kaishin)
Portuguese: maremoto (pt) m
Russian: моретрясе́ние (ru) n ‎(moretrjasénije)
Spanish: maremoto (es) m

↑ Underwater Disturbances, Science and the Sea. Washington, U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office (link)