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Sismo kaj Tertremo

di Donniedillon, 23 agosto 2011

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Lingua: English

Donniedillon (Mostra il profilo) 23 agosto 2011 18:43:37

I just experienced my first earthquake. I am about 75 miles from the center of the quake that was on the east coast of the US today. The Lernu vortaro lists both sismo and tertremo for earthquake. Is there as difference in their meaning or usage?

erinja (Mostra il profilo) 23 agosto 2011 18:51:02

I use tertremo.

I felt it too, the whole house was shaking. No damage here though. I'm 180 miles / 300 km from the epicenter.

Espi (Mostra il profilo) 23 agosto 2011 19:20:49

Tertremo is very ok. Sismo is usual in compositions of scientific words.

RiotNrrd (Mostra il profilo) 24 agosto 2011 03:57:03

I use TERTREMO.

I didn't feel todays quake, as I'm out on the west coast. But I was in SF for it's '89 quake, though (lost a bunch of glassware), so I know they can be pretty unsettling.

sudanglo (Mostra il profilo) 24 agosto 2011 09:43:12

NPIV isn't any great help here. It just gives 'sismo' as a variant of 'seismo' which it then defines as 'tertremo'.

But I think Espi has nailed it. It's a register thing and Seismo/Sismo is used in the composition of technical words like Seismologio, seismografo, seismogramo.

NPIV gives Epicentro as Punkto de la tersurfaco vertikale super la fokuso de tertremo, and Hipocentro as Loko en la interno de Tero kie estiĝas tertremo.

Don't know what we say for Richter scale. Perhaps Vikipedio has a suggestion.

Here's the link for Tertremo

36lima (Mostra il profilo) 24 agosto 2011 10:40:31

I like tertremo. Makes more sense from a English perspective to me (I wouldn't say, "I felt the seismic activity" in a normal conversation).

Perhaps faulty reasoning for using a non-native word but, faulty or not, it's how I thought.

I live about 200 miles (322 km) from the epicenter. People in my building felt it and were talking about it. My daughters both felt it at school (lights shaking, etc).

Me? When I noticed people talking about an earthquake, I assumed they were talking about one of our other locations (Bangalore, San Jose, etc). Evidently, I'm oblivious when I'm working.

Kelly

Mustelvulpo (Mostra il profilo) 24 agosto 2011 13:11:47

The quake could be felt even where I live- in the Detroit, Michigan area- 440 miles (708 km) from the epicenter. Reports said that quakes in the eastern US can be felt over a much wider range than in the west. It was a bit startling. "Tertremo" or "sismo"- I'm glad we don't have many in this area.

ceigered (Mostra il profilo) 24 agosto 2011 13:45:57

We had an earthquake in Adelaide not too long ago, but given where I lived at the time it was more "la malgranda soneto de la nordo", for me anyway.

UUano (Mostra il profilo) 24 agosto 2011 19:06:32

I live in Baltimore, 140 miles from the epicenter, and my entire office building wobbled. I could feel the waves pulsating beneath my feet just as though I were standing in the ocean and feeling water throb against me.

It was freaky. I have lived on the east coast my entire life; and while I know there are small tremors more frequently than we realize, this was the first one that was strong enough for me to even notice.

Tertremo indeed!

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Miland (Mostra il profilo) 27 agosto 2011 13:20:50

An American website that deals with preparations that individuals can make for large-scale disasters is ready.gov.

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