moonquake
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of moonquake
First recorded in 1935–40; moon + (earth)quake
Example Sentences
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Expanding the map of potential moonquake sources provides scientists with new opportunities to study the Moon's interior and tectonic behavior.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2026
Onodera inspected each one to confirm it had the expected seismic shape of a moonquake.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 20, 2024
Some of the first seismic waves detected after a moonquake are scattered by this layer, and the scatter obscures later-arriving waves that could provide more information about the depths of the Moon.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024
The scientists got no television pictures of the moon as planned; they could count no ' meteorites nor could their carefully packed moonquake meter land in working order.
From Time Magazine Archive
The surface was cracked and seamed, as if by a moonquake.
From Lost on the Moon Or, in Quest of the Field of Diamonds by Roy Rockwood
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