seaquake

English

Etymology

sea +‎ quake

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

References

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

2. “seaquake”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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