Meaning & use

seismically

adverb·Academic

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in a manner relating to or caused by earthquakes.

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The city is built in a seismically active zone, so buildings must meet strict codes.

The region was seismically stable for decades before the sudden tremor.

A note on using this word

Derived from 'seismic', ultimately from the Greek 'seismos', meaning 'earthquake' or 'shaking'.

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