Seismology terms in French
The list of French translations of seismology terms, sorted alphabetically according to each term's English name.
A
- aftershock • réplique
- attenuation • atténuation
E
- earthquake • séisme
- earthquake prediction • prédiction sismique
- epicenter • épicentre
F
- fault • faille
- foreshock • butin
H
- hypocenter • hypocentre
L
- Love wave • onde de Love
M
- microseism • microséisme
- moment magnitude scale • échelle de magnitude de moment
P
- paleoseismology • paléosismologie
- Peak ground acceleration • Accélération maximale du sol
- plate tectonics • tectonique des plaques
- primary wave • onde primaire
R
- Rayleigh wave • onde de Rayleigh
- Response spectrum • Spectre de réponse
- Richter scale • échelle de Richter
S
- secondary wave • onde secondaire
- seismic hazard • aléa sismique
- seismic risk • risque sismique
- seismic tomography • Tomographie sismique
- seismic wave • onde sismique
- seismology • sismologie
- seismometer • sismographe
- soil liquefaction • liquéfaction du sol
- subduction • subduction
T
- tectonic plate • plaque tectonique
- thrust fault • faille inverse
- transform boundary • faille transformante
- tsunami • tsunami
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