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SEISMO TECTONICO [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
DEF

[An] earthquake resulting from the release of strain by deformation of the earth.

CONT

Tectonic earthquakes will occur anywhere within the earth where there is sufficient stored elastic strain energy to drive fracture propagation along a fault plane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
OBS

La classe [de séismes] tectonique comprend tous les tremblements de terre résultant de la déformation des roches, telle que celle engendrée dans l'orogenèse. Le rebondissement élastique est le principal phénomène de cette classe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica
  • Vulcanología y sismología
OBS

Seismo provocado por la actividad tectónica.

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