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Anaseismic
Anaseismic An`a*seis"mic, a. [Cf. Gr. ? a shaking up and down.] Moving up and down; -- said of earthquake shocks.
Microseismic
Microseism Mi"cro*seism, n. [Micro- + Gr. ? an earthquake, fr. ? to shake.] A feeble earth tremor not directly perceptible, but detected only by means of specially constructed apparatus. -- Mi`cro*seis"mic, *seis"mic*al, a.
seismical
Microseism Mi"cro*seism, n. [Micro- + Gr. ? an earthquake, fr. ? to shake.] A feeble earth tremor not directly perceptible, but detected only by means of specially constructed apparatus. -- Mi`cro*seis"mic, *seis"mic*al, a.
Teleseismic
Teleseism Tel"e*seism, n. [Gr. th^le far + ? shock.] A seismic movement or shock far from the recording instrument. -- Tel`e*seis"mic, a.

Meaning of SEISMIC from wikipedia

- studies of the environmental effects of earthquakes such as tsunamis; other seismic sources such as volcanoes, plate tectonics, glaciers, rivers, oceanic microseisms...
- seismic energy release per unit volume. In its most general sense, the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic event that generates seismic waves...
- A seismic wave is a mechanical wave of acoustic energy that travels through the Earth or another planetary body. It can result from an earthquake (or...
- Seismic magnitude scales are used to describe the overall strength or "size" of an earthquake. These are distinguished from seismic intensity scales that...
- reflected seismic waves. The method requires a controlled seismic source of energy, such as dynamite or Tovex blast, a specialized air gun or a seismic vibrator...
- interchangeably. The term seismic sea wave is also used to refer to the phenomenon because the waves most often are generated by seismic activity such as earthquakes...
- Seismic moment is a quantity used by seismologists to measure the size of an earthquake. The scalar seismic moment M 0 {\displaystyle M_{0}} is defined...
- region's seismic activity. The term was coined by Beno Gutenberg and Charles Francis Richter in 1941. Seismicity is studied by geophysicists. Seismicity is...
- The earthquake bomb, or seismic bomb, was a concept that was invented by the British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis early in World War II and subsequently...
- ****an Meteorological Agency (JMA) Seismic Intensity Scale (known in ****an as the Shindo seismic scale) is a seismic intensity scale used in ****an to categorize...