How to Use seismicity in a Sentence

seismicity

noun

• The bulk of the seismicity came from an area 22 to 27 miles deep.
  — Robin George Andrews, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2022
• At Agung, the seismicity has begun to drop compared to the last month.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2017
• The region of large farms in the desert near the Salton Sea is known for extensive seismicity.
  — Orange County Register, 1 Jan. 2017
• This allowed for the the most detailed look at the structure of a continent and the seismicity across North America ever.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2022
• Rainier experienced similar upticks in the past two years, and a more sustained episode of seismicity in 2009.
  — Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times, 20 Sep. 2017
• Since the end of January, seismicity has increased at the volcano, with 100+ earthquakes under the volcano per day.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2014
• However, in East Africa most of this seismicity is spread over a wide zone across the rift valley and is of relatively small magnitude.
  — Lucia Perez Diaz, CNN, 5 Apr. 2018
• There has not been a big change in the seismicity at the volcano either, especially compared to the peaks of earthquakes in October (see below).
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2017
• Just like historic seismicity, plate locking is more common in the northern and southern parts of Cascadia.
  — The Conversation, oregonlive.com, 8 July 2019
• Quakes of this size are not unusual in this area and likely represents normal seismicity.
  — Gary Robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 July 2017
• The disposal of all of that dirty water from oil wells has been cited in the past as one of the main factors for a rise in earthquakes in places such as Oklahoma, where seismicity increases happened in oil-drilling hot spots.
  — David Wethe, Houston Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2017
• Mars doesn't have plate tectonics like Earth, so its seismicity is expected to be much more like the Moon's: relatively small shudders and creaks caused by the planet's very slow cooling and shrinking.
  — Emily Lakdawalla, Popular Mechanics, 30 Apr. 2018
• Over the last five years, the agency has received 657 disposal well applications in areas of historic seismicity.
  — Houston Chronicle, 15 Oct. 2019
• If the rainwater did fracture layers of rock, starting at the surface and reaching rocks near the magma, this should have produced a downwardly propagating wave of seismicity.
  — Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2020
• Over the last four years, the agency received 367 disposal well applications in areas of historic seismicity.
  — Sergio Chapa, Houston Chronicle, 15 June 2019
• Overall, the Icelandic Meteorological Office is reporting that seismicity is down over the last day, along with the rates of deformation seen in the area.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2014
• Italy is a highly instrumented country as far as seismicity goes, whereas Myanmar is not.
  — National Geographic, 24 Aug. 2016
• The size, shape, and capabilities of the landers could be anything from simple cameras to a full suite of instruments to measure gravity, composition, or even seismicity.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2020
• While there was no loss of life, and seismicity helped volcanologists identify potential fissure formation areas, 700 homes were destroyed, according to the New York Times.
  — Lila Thulin, Smithsonian, 6 Sep. 2019
• Remember, that’s where researchers have already observed increased activity: the seismicity, locking, and tremor.
  — The Conversation, oregonlive.com, 8 July 2019
• Other industrial activities can induce seismicity too, such as building large reservoirs and mining, though none of those causes are emphasized in the latest USGS report.
  — National Geographic, 28 Mar. 2016
• For decades, California has planned its engineering and building codes based on historical seismicity to survive earthquakes of similar magnitudes, the experts said.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2023
• While the La Palma quakes are naturally occurring, induced seismicity is a real phenomenon.
  — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2021
• However, in central Cascadia, underlying most of Oregon, there is very little seismicity.
  — The Conversation, oregonlive.com, 8 July 2019
• That means Californians should also appreciate the link between groundwater and seismicity, Wetzler says.
  — Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 26 July 2019
• Precursory to this effusive eruption was very low-level seismicity beginning in November 2020.
  — David Bressan, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
• As recently as 2015 , Öræfajökull experienced a similar uptick of seismicity.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 21 Nov. 2017
• Massive injection of wastewater into disposal wells deeper than hydrocarbon formations—not the fracturing process itself—is implicated in big seismicity increases.
  — WSJ, 8 July 2021
• In some places, a proliferation of wastewater injection wells is associated with ahistorical seismicity.
  — WSJ, 8 July 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024