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Earthquake Image Glossary

 


Glossary of earthquake terms

diagram of seiche

(Image courtesy of Professor Brennan, Geneseo State Univ. of New York)

Seiche
A seiche is the sloshing of a closed body of water from earthquake shaking. Swimming pools often have seiches during earthquakes.
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