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PRONUNCIATION OF MICROQUAKE

microquake  [ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkweɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MICROQUAKE

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determiner
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Microquake is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MICROQUAKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Microearthquake

A microearthquake is a very low intensity earthquake which is 2.0 or less in magnitude. They are very rarely felt beyond 8 km beyond their epicenter. In addition to having natural tectontic causes, they may also be seen as a result of underground nuclear testing or even large detonations of conventional explosives for producing excavations. They normally cause no damage to life or property, and are very rarely felt by people. Microquakes occur often near volcanoes as they approach an eruption, and frequently in certain regions exploited for geothermal energy, such as near Geyserville in Northern California. These occur so continuously that the current USGS event map for that location usually shows a substantial number of small earthquakes at that location.

Definition of microquake in the English dictionary

The definition of microquake in the dictionary is a microearthquake.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MICROQUAKE


awake
əˈweɪk
earthquake
ˈɜːθˌkweɪk
kittiwake
ˈkɪtɪˌweɪk
late-wake
ˈleɪtˌweɪk
lichwake
ˈlɪtʃˌweɪk
lyke-wake
ˈlaɪkˌweɪk
marsquake
ˈmɑːzˌkweɪk
microearthquake
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈɜːθˌkweɪk
moonquake
ˈmuːnˌkweɪk
quake
kweɪk
reawake
ˌriːəˈweɪk
rewake
ˌriːˈweɪk
seaquake
ˈsiːˌkweɪk
unawake
ˌʌnəˈweɪk
wake
weɪk
waterquake
ˈwɔːtərˌkweɪk
youthquake
ˈjuːθˌkweɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MICROQUAKE

micropropagation
micropsia
micropterous
micropublisher
micropublishing
micropulsation
micropump
micropuncture
micropylar
micropyle
micropyrometer
microradiograph
microreader
microreproduction
microsatellite
microscale
microscope
microscopic
microscopical
microscopically

WORDS THAT END LIKE MICROQUAKE

bake
Blake
Boobquake
brake
bukkake
cake
cupcake
drake
fake
intake
jake
lake
make
mistake
pound cake
sake
shake
snake
stake
take

Synonyms and antonyms of microquake in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «microquake» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MICROQUAKE

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The translations of microquake from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «microquake» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

微震
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

microquake
570 millions of speakers

English

microquake
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

microquake
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

microquake
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

microquake
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

microquake
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

microquake
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

microquake
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gempa bumi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mikrobeben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

microquake
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

microquake
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lindhu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

microquake
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

microquake
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मायक्रोक्वायक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

microquake
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

microquake
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

microquake
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

microquake
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

microquake
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

microquake
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

microquake
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

microquake
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

microquake
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of microquake

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROQUAKE»

The term «microquake» is barely ever used and occupies the 204.937 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROQUAKE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about microquake

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MICROQUAKE»

Discover the use of microquake in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to microquake and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Terra Nova: The Search:
We've confirmed several other pieces of data that match the microquake activity measured at Parkfield. If you look here, you can see how they' ve been changing. ” Max advanced to a slide with a list of dates and numbers. "The left side shows ...
Nathan Charlton, 2009
2
Migrations of Fines in Porous Media
At this concentration the interlayer separation increases by a discrete jump (>20 h) and can be visualized as a microquake (Mohan and Fogler, 1997). This swelling transition and the consequent jump in interlayer spacing (microquake) causes ...
Kartic C. Khilar, H. Scott Fogler, 1998
3
Saving Cascadia: A Novel
Are you sure?” “I'm sure. Whatever's changed out there is directly causing microquake responses. A shudder goes down, a microquake comes back up like an answer from the most dangerous place imaginable. It wasn't happening that way as ...
John J. Nance, 2005
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Energy Research Abstracts
1155 (LA— 8552-MS) Microquake activity associated with underground nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site. Edwards, C.L.; Harper, M.D.; Weaver, T.A.; Cash, DJ.; Ray, J.M.; Homuth, E.F. (Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)). Aug 1983.
‎1984
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Water sensitivity of porous media containing swelling clays
At this concentration, the interlayer separation increases by a discrete jump (>20 A) and can be visualized as a microquake. The microquake is responsible for disrupting the particles on the surface causing them to be dislodged and captured ...
Kosaraju Krishna Mohan, 1996
6
Me, an Old Pilot, and a Three-Legged Dog
“Oh, nothing. I thought I just felt a little microquake.” “Really? I didn't feel anything. ” “Okay. Well, finish your lunch. We still have several sections The Butt Sisters and a Goose Chase 27.
Rocky Morrisette, 2013
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New Scientist
When these strains are too large, you get a microquake in which a small portion of the equatorial bulge suddenly effectively rotates in such a way as to relieve some angular strain energy. Microquakes give rise to smaller frequency jumps and ...
8
Waiting for Disaster: Earthquake Watch in California
The same pattern was applied to the microquake swarm and to the Santa Barbara earthquake, events reviewed later in the chapter. The 220 respondents who had heard that parts of the uplift were sinking were asked, Have you heard anyone ...
Ralph H. Turner, Joanne M. Nigg, Denise Heller Paz, 1986
9
Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis
microquake: conduit (volcano): Pangaea: What form of relief is needed by the people affected by a volcanic eruption? In June 1991, Mt Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted causing much damage. In your research you will have come across ...
Jane Bourke, 2000
10
Darkness Moves: An Henri Michaux Anthology, 1927-1984
Marked by the breaking of a deep pain, a melody, melody the way an old, one- eyed, rheumatic hound is still hound, it's a melody Emerging perhaps from the microquake of a sour minute in a difficult afternoon, a failed melody, and falling ...
Henri Michaux, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MICROQUAKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term microquake is used in the context of the following news items.
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USGS detected two mini-earthquakes in northwest Dallas Friday …
The second was even smaller, a mere 1.1-magnitude microquake at 10:01 a.m. near Luna Road. I'd be surprised if anyone over there noticed, ... «Dallas Morning News, Jan 15»
2
UPDATED: 'Microquake' rattles dishes and nerves on Long Beach …
SURFSIDE — A very small earthquake jolted the northern end of the Long Beach Peninsula on Tuesday evening. According to the United ... «Chinook Observer, Jan 15»
3
'Microquake' epicenter located in Clifton
According to USGS experts, any seismic activity with such magnitude is considered a "microquake" incapable of causing any damage or ... «NorthJersey.com, Jan 15»
4
Mystery of Clifton's Long Hill Drive
The "microquake," as USGS expert Julie Dutton called it, was not felt by any members of the Richfield neighborhood and the residents were not ... «NorthJersey.com, Dec 14»
5
What caused a mysterious series of sonic booms heard from …
It is true that there was a microquake in New York at the same time, but seismologists say it would have been much too small to be felt. «Catholic Online, Dec 14»
6
No more Mr. News Guy -- LA anchor Kent Shocknek signs off
When the earth starts to shake, we don't know if this is going to be a microquake or something major. I learned from El Salvador, don't wait to ... «Los Angeles Times, Oct 14»
7
Oklahoma suffers quakes after fracking
... Guthrie by the U.S. Geological Survey; that's not a high enough magnitude to cause major damage, but it's certainly not a microquake, either. «People's World, Jun 14»
8
San Ramon rattled by several small quakes over past few days
The morning quake was followed by a microquake, measuring 1.4 at 12:28 p.m. Wednesday, and then by a magnitude-2.4 tremor at 12:47 p.m., ... «San Jose Mercury News, Nov 13»
9
A Possible Warning Sign for Human-Caused Earthquakes
Dynamic triggering may fit easily into the well operator's current “traffic-light” system, in which high microquake levels warn them to slow down ... «KQED, Jul 13»
10
10 things that will get even weirder in the next US presidential …
Watch out for a convention-scuttling local algae bloom or a fracking-induced microquake. 9. Microtargeting will reach creepy new levels of ... «Quartz, Nov 12»

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« EDUCALINGO. Microquake [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/microquake>. Apr 2024 ».
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