English Explanatory Dictionary

seismic moment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A quantity used to determine the size of an earthquake. Calculated either from a seismogram, or from the measurement of the area affected and the displacement of the rocks.

Word forms

seismic moment seismic moments

Related words

moment magnitude scale
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