microearthquake

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Recent Examples of microearthquake Earthquakes like the one recorded on the Alabama-Georgia border are known as microearthquakes and are not usually felt by people. Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 5 May 2023 Earthquakes with magnitude of 2.0 or less are called microearthquakes. Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microearthquake
Noun
  • And there’s a similar volcanic microseism that’s already well documented in Japan.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2022
Noun
  • The upheaval across commodities and manufacturing is putting upward pressure on global inflation and weighing on economic growth.
    Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
  • But gaps the size of ours are breeding frustration and distrust, fraying the social fabric and creating the conditions for instability and upheaval.
    Russell Hancock, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026

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“Microearthquake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microearthquake. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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