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superquake

noun

Etymology

From super- + quake.

  1. inherited from *kwakōną✻ — “to shake, quiver, tremble”
  2. inherited from cwacian — “to quake, tremble, chatter”
  3. inherited from quaken
  4. prefixed as superquake — “super + quake”

Definitions

  1. An extremely destructive, large-scale quake, often an earthquake of such magnitude

    An extremely destructive, large-scale quake, often an earthquake of such magnitude; megaseism; megaquake

    • In January 1973, Newsweek magazine reported an earthquake somewhere in the world , and added: "It was not a superquake as earth tremors go."
    • Others have suggested that, since this creeping section separates the two segments that have produced great earthquakes, that it is unlikely a "superquake" that ruptured all three sections could occur at one time.
    • This "superquake" may have been the largest in a series of earthquakes, thus marking the end of what's known as a supercycle: a sequence of several large earthquakes.

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