Seismology terms in Spanish
The list of Spanish translations of seismology terms, sorted alphabetically according to each term's English name.
A
- aftershock • réplica
- attenuation • atenuación
E
- earthquake • terremoto
- earthquake prediction • predicción de terremotos
- epicenter • epicentro
F
- fault • falla
- foreshock • premonitor
H
- hypocenter • hipocentro
L
- Love wave • Ondas de Love
M
- microseism • microsismo
- moment magnitude scale • escala sismológica de magnitud de momento
P
- paleoseismology • paleosismología
- Peak ground acceleration • Aceleración sísmica
- plate tectonics • tectónica de placas
- primary wave • onda de presión
R
- Rayleigh wave • onda de Rayleigh
- Response spectrum • Espectro de respuesta
- Richter scale • escala sismológica de Richter
S
- secondary wave • onda S
- seismic hazard • peligro sísmico
- seismic risk • riesgo sísmico
- seismic tomography • Tomografía sísmica
- seismic wave • Onda sísmica
- seismology • sismología
- seismometer • sismógrafo
- soil liquefaction • Licuefacción de suelo
- subduction • Subducción
T
- tectonic plate • placa tectónica
- thrust fault • cabalgamiento
- transform boundary • Falla transformante
- tsunami • tsunami
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