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- noun A quake or series of vibrations on the moon similar to an earthquake but usually of very low magnitude.
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- noun A
seismic event occurring on the moon; thelunar equivalent of anearthquake .
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Examples
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The impact caused a minor "moonquake" that scientists used to learn about the moon's interior structure.
LRO Spots Apollo 14 Booster Crash Site on Moon | Universe Today 2009
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After 30 seconds, the computer shut down the generator. “Damn, †announced Murphy, “I didn†™ t expect there to be a moonquake.
365 tomorrows » featured writer : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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FLATOW: The Apollo astronauts also left, on the surface, if I remember correctly, some earthquake, moonquake detectors.
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FLATOW: The Apollo astronauts also left, on the surface, if I remember correctly, some earthquake, moonquake detectors.
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FLATOW: The Apollo astronauts also left, on the surface, if I remember correctly, some earthquake, moonquake detectors.
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The plot was simple: a tourist bus taking 20 people across the surface of the Moon happens to be crossing a dust-filled crater when a minor moonquake takes place and traps the bus beneath the surface.
Archive 2009-09-01 adamosf 2009
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After 30 seconds, the computer shut down the generator. “Damn, †announced Murphy, “I didn†™ t expect there to be a moonquake.
365 tomorrows » 2007 » June : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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Haruyama's team concluded that the most likely explanation is that the hole that they discovered is a "skylight" – a location where the roof of a lava tube collapsed, either when the lava filling the tube flowed away, or later in the moon's history due to an impact, moonquake, or tidal forces from the Earth.
Kaguya Discovers a Lava Tube on the Moon | Universe Today 2009
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No floods, no fires, no storms, a major moonquake is a minor earthquake -- and significant meteor impacts happen once a millennium.
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Doug felt the solid rock floor beneath his feet vibrate as if a major moonquake had struck.
Moonwar Bova, Ben, 1932- 1997
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"We know from four seismic stations that were put on the moon that the moon does have moonquakes."
February 16, 2023