earthquake

earthquake

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  1. maanjäristys

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earthquake

  1. maanjäristys, tärähdys, mikromaanjäristys, maan vavahtelu, merenalainen maanjäristys, geologinen ilmiö, levottomuus, hälinä, häiriö, rauhattomuus, mylläkkä, mekkala, metakka, äläkkä, hulabaloo, älämölö, sekasorto, häly, järistys.

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järistys

maanjäristys A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults. (defdate)
1590, (w), The Faerie Queene, III.2:

Her alablaster brest she soft did kis, / Which all that while shee felt to pant and quake, / As it an Earth-quake were: at last she thus bespake.
2006, Declan Walsh, The Guardian, 6 Oct 2006:
Last year's earthquake crushed his house, his livelihood and very nearly his leg, he said, pointing to a plastered limb that refuses to heal.
puhekieltä Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies. (defdate)
1988, Jürgen Oberst and Yosio Nakamura, “A seismic risk for the lunar base” in The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, Vol. 1, p. 231-233, NASA:
Since the response of some man-made structures to the ground motion near the epicenter is highly dependent on frequency, a significant difference in potential damage to the structures is expected between earthquakes and moonquakes.
2006, Bruce A. Bolt, Earthquakes, Fifth Edition:
The wave patterns, too, are strikingly different: The secondary (S) waves and surface waves on lunar seismograms are not generally as clearly defined and distinct as are those of earthquakes.

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earthquake rimmaa näiden kanssa:

ohdake, pallo-ohdake, pelto-ohdake, hake, rankahake, rahake, milk shake, reuhake, vouhake, puuhake

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