marsquake
See also: Marsquake
English
    
    Etymology
    
Mars + quake, after the pattern of earthquake.
Noun
    
marsquake (plural marsquakes)
- A quake on the planet Mars, perhaps caused by land tides or volcanic eruptions, or meteorite strikes.
- 2003, Cliff Frohlich, Scott D Davis, Texas Earthquakes:- It recorded several impulsive signals that might have been marsquakes...
 
- 2022 December 21, @NASA, twitter, archived from the original on 2022-12-23:- After more than four years, 1,300 marsquakes, and countless scientific discoveries, our @NASAInSight lander has reached the end of its mission.
 
 
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