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Definition of Seaquakes
1. seaquake [n] - See also: seaquake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seaquakes
Literary usage of Seaquakes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Earthquakes in the Light of the New Seismology by Clarence Edward Dutton (1904)
"CHAPTER XVI seaquakes The Sea has its Quakes as Well as the Land—Difficulty of
Securing Well- Observed Data—Dr. Rudolph's Investigations of ..."
2. Earthquakes: An Introduction to Seismic Geology by William Herbert Hobbs (1907)
"The distribution of seaquakes over the oceans. ... 82) discloses the fact that
the areas within which seaquakes are common are those of sharp changes in ..."
3. Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student by William Herbert Hobbs (1912)
"If we take into consideration much larger fractions upon the surface of our
planet, we are taught by the great seaquakes which are now registered upon ..."
4. Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student by William Herbert Hobbs (1912)
"If we take into consideration much larger fractions upon the surface of our
planet, we are taught by the great seaquakes which are now registered upon ..."
5. ... Volcanoes and Earthquakes by Edwin James Houston (1908)
"CHAPTER XXXII seaquakes As earthquakes are shakings of the earth's crust in places
where it is uncovered by the waters of the ocean, so seaquakes are the ..."
6. Physical and Commercial Geography: A Study of Certain Controlling Conditions by Herbert Ernest Gregory, Albert Galloway Keller, Avard Longley Bishop (1910)
"seaquakes. The most destructive waves which visit the shore line are caused by
the dislocation of parts of the earth's surface by seaquakes, ..."
7. Physical and Commercial Geography: A Study of Certain Controlling Conditions by Herbert Ernest Gregory, Albert Galloway Keller, Avard Longley Bishop (1910)
"seaquakes. The most destructive waves which visit the shore line are caused by
the dislocation of parts of the earth's surface by seaquakes, ..."
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