aseismic
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mɪk, -ˈsaɪs- adjective Geology.
free from earthquakes.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | denoting a region free of earthquakes |
| 2. | (not in technical use) denoting a region free of all but a few small earthquakes |
| 3. | (of buildings, etc) designed to withstand earthquakes |
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Example sentences
The panel wondered if there is any way to estimate seismic vs aseismic deformation.
What they discovered was incompetent clay-rich material, which explains the aseismic nature of deformation there.
Based of the sparse historical earthquakes in the region, aseismic deformation seems more likely.
Many regions of particular importance for nuclear explosion monitoring are either aseismic or contain few ground truth events.
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