seismicity

noun

seis·mic·i·ty sīz-ˈmi-sə-tē

sīs-

: the relative frequency and distribution of earthquakes

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And ground-monitoring satellites confirmed what the seismicity suggested: The ground above Svartsengi’s sill had fallen as magma drained. —

Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 20 Feb. 2024 The seismicity was clustered around a miniature mountain called Þorbjörn, which is near the Blue Lagoon spa, a geothermal power station and Grindavík, home to 3,500 people. —

Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023 Something similar happened in 2013, when seismicity appeared to drop only to pick up after a year. —

Alessio Perrone, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2023 At that time modest seismicity picked up, paired with the slow flexing—uplift and sinking—of the ground. —

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