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Definition of Seaquake
1. Noun. An earthquake at the sea bed.
Definition of Seaquake
1. n. A quaking of the sea.
Definition of Seaquake
1. Noun. An earthquake whose epicentre is beneath the sea ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seaquake
1. an undersea earthquake [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seaquake
Literary usage of Seaquake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Physical and Commercial Geography: A Study of Certain Controlling Conditions by Herbert Ernest Gregory, Albert Galloway Keller, Avard Longley Bishop (1910)
"The western coast of South America is particularly liable to be visited by these
seaquake waves. Harbors at Pisco, Arica, Tacna, Iquique, and Pisagua have ..."
2. Physical and Commercial Geography: A Study of Certain Controlling Conditions by Herbert Ernest Gregory, Albert Galloway Keller, Avard Longley Bishop (1910)
"The western coast of South America is particularly liable to be visited by these
seaquake waves. Harbors at Pisco, Arica, Tacna, Iquique, and Pisagua have ..."
3. The California earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the state earthquake by Andrew Cowper Lawson, Harry Fielding Reid (1908)
"110° 25' W., in the Gulf of California, on August 26, 1906, was shaken by a
seaquake at 12h 15m p. м. The shock lasted a minute, and the sensation was as if ..."
4. Banzai! by Ferdinand Heinrich Gautoff (1908)
"And the Hong-Kong papers had already published descriptions of the destruction
caused by the seaquake, of the tidal waves, and the accidents to ships," came ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1909)
"First came, or first appeared to come, the seaquake wave, inaccurately called a
tidal wave owing to its resemblance to such a phenomenon. ..."
6. Physical and Commercial Geography: A Study of Certain Controlling Conditions by Herbert Ernest Gregory, Albert Galloway Keller, Avard Longley Bishop (1910)
"The western coast of South America is particularly liable to be visited by these
seaquake waves. Harbors at Pisco, Arica, Tacna, Iquique, and Pisagua have ..."
7. Physical and Commercial Geography: A Study of Certain Controlling Conditions by Herbert Ernest Gregory, Albert Galloway Keller, Avard Longley Bishop (1910)
"The western coast of South America is particularly liable to be visited by these
seaquake waves. Harbors at Pisco, Arica, Tacna, Iquique, and Pisagua have ..."
8. The California earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the state earthquake by Andrew Cowper Lawson, Harry Fielding Reid (1908)
"110° 25' W., in the Gulf of California, on August 26, 1906, was shaken by a
seaquake at 12h 15m p. м. The shock lasted a minute, and the sensation was as if ..."
9. Banzai! by Ferdinand Heinrich Gautoff (1908)
"And the Hong-Kong papers had already published descriptions of the destruction
caused by the seaquake, of the tidal waves, and the accidents to ships," came ..."
10. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1909)
"First came, or first appeared to come, the seaquake wave, inaccurately called a
tidal wave owing to its resemblance to such a phenomenon. ..."
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