Shakemap
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A map showing ground movement and shaking intensity following major earthquakes.
"The PAGER team takes information from a “shake map”—which guesses how much shaking there will be at various distances and directions from the earthquake’s epicenter—and compares that with a map of local populations."
Example
More examples"The PAGER team takes information from a “shake map”—which guesses how much shaking there will be at various distances and directions from the earthquake’s epicenter—and compares that with a map of local populations."
Etymology
From ShakeMaps, the U.S. Geological Survey software that produces such maps; from shake + map.
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