marsquake

See also: Marsquake

English

Etymology

Mars +‎ quake, after the pattern of earthquake.

Noun

marsquake (plural marsquakes)

1. A quake on the planet Mars, perhaps caused by land tides or volcanic eruptions, or meteorite strikes.
   • 2003, Cliff Frohlich, Scott D Davis, Texas Earthquakes:

     It recorded several impulsive signals that might have been marsquakes...

   • 2022 December 21, @NASA, twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 2022-12-23:

     After more than four years, 1,300 marsquakes, and countless scientific discoveries, our @NASAInSight lander has reached the end of its mission.

Hypernyms

• planetquake

Translations

Translations

• Basque: martikara (eu)
• French: séisme martien m, séisme (fr) m
• German: Marsbeben n
• Portuguese: martemoto (pt) m
• Russian: марсотрясе́ние (ru) n (marsotrjasénije)
• Swedish: marsskalv (sv) n, marsbävning c