Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

earthquake storm

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: earth-quake s-torm
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

Coined by Stanford Professor of Geophysics Amos Nur in 2000.

Inflected Forms

earthquake storms (plural)

Questions

What does earthquake storm mean?: 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.
Where does earthquake storm come from?: Coined by Stanford Professor of Geophysics Amos Nur in 2000.

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