Meaning of superquake | Babel Free

Definitions

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

rare

Examples

“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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