seismic activity

collocation in English

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seismic
adjective
uk
/ˈsaɪz.mɪk/us
/ˈsaɪz.mɪk/
geologyspecialized
relating to or caused by ...
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activity
noun
uk
/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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(Definition ofseismicandactivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Discrepancies between measured and predicted values of radon indicate likelyseismicactivity.
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They suggest that ethylene leaking up faults and fractures, following pulses ofseismicactivity, might explain the priestess's inspiration as the result of narcotic and 'not disagreeable mental clouding'.
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Is the new technology for measuring long episodes ofseismicactivityfeasible in the long term, to improve our response to such disasters?
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Specialist scientists, based at over 80 sites in the country, monitor currentseismicactivity.
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Fully half of the human population today live in areas withseismicactivity.
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I herald the confidence-building measures proposed in this report, in particular the joint monitoring cell for the sharing of data onseismicactivityto provide early warning against possible earthquakes.
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Standards for earthquake-proof building must also be complied with consistently, in particular in areas with a high level ofseismicactivity.
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There is continuingseismicactivity.
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We have areas ofseismicactivity.
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At lower levels ofseismicactivity, we are less confident that we have the necessary ability both to detect and identify them correctly especially for small nuclear explosions.
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The mountain has experiencedseismicactivityfrom time to time that has raised alert levels while the earthquake flurries have persisted.
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Increases inseismicactivityfollowing hydraulic fracturing are usually caused by the deep-injection disposal of flowback and produced brine from hydraulically fractured wells.
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Between steam releases, elevatedseismicactivityon the mountain continued with the strongest tremors remaining near magnitude 3.0.
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Seismicactivityhas been recorded several times during the twentieth century, with tremors occurring in 1907, 1916, 1925, 1940, 1948, 1965 and 1979.
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Characteristics of lava dome eruptions include shallow, long-period and hybridseismicactivity, which is attributed to excess fluid pressures in the contributing vent chamber.
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Most of the sandstone beds are affected by soft-sediment deformation structures suggesting liquefaction, possibly as a result ofseismicactivity.
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They can also be used to measureseismicactivity, inclination, machine vibration, dynamic distance and speed with or without the influence of gravity.
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One theory is that this is due to settling fromseismicactivity.
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There is speculation that this has occurred due to relatively recentseismicactivity.
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Lava-filled cracks show priorseismicactivityon this island.
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