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shakemap en · NOUN

Etymology

From ShakeMaps, the U.S. Geological Survey software that produces such maps; from shake + map.

Meanings

1. A map showing ground movement and shaking intensity following major earthquakes.
   • The PAGER team takes information from a “shake map”—which guesses how much shaking there will be at various distances and directions from the earthquake’s epicenter—and compares that with a map of local populations. 2013 September 24, Daniel Engber, “Major Quake in Pakistan: Two Reported Dead, Experts Guess Several Thousand More”, in Slate Magazine:

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