seismic disturbance

1. 1.

   an instance of agitation of the earth's crust

   “the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch”

   Synonymsshock

   Broaderearthquake

Questions about seismic disturbance

What does seismic disturbance mean?

seismic disturbance means "an instance of agitation of the earth's crust".

What is another word for seismic disturbance?

Close synonyms include shock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is seismic disturbance a common word?

seismic disturbance is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.