Moho
Britishnoun
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Most continental earthquakes begin about 6 to 18 miles below the surface, well above the Moho and within the crust.
From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026
The Moho lies some 35 kilometers below thick continental crust.
From Science Magazine • May 25, 2023
The Moho braccatus was declared endangered in 1973, and by the early 1980s its population had dwindled to two, one male and one female.
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2022
Underneath the oceans, the Moho is found roughly 5 km below the ocean floor.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
He had discovered the boundary between the crust and the layer immediately below, the mantle; this zone has been known ever since as the Mohorovičić discontinuity, or Moho for short.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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