English Explanatory Dictionary

earthquake storm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The theorized situation where one earthquake triggers a series of other large earthquakes, along the same plate boundary, as the stress transfers along the fault system.

Word forms

earthquake storm earthquake storms

Etymology

Coined by Stanford Professor of Geophysics Amos Nur in 2000.

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