"moonquake" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-moonquake.ogg [US] Forms: moonquakes [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪk Etymology: moon + quake, after the pattern of earthquake. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|moon|quake}} moon + quake, {{m|en|earthquake}} earthquake Head templates: {{en-noun}} moonquake (plural moonquakes)
  1. A seismic event occurring on the moon; the lunar equivalent of an earthquake. Wikipedia link: moonquake Categories (topical): Moon, Seismology Hypernyms: planetquake, moon-quake Translations (lunar seismic event): llunatrèmol [masculine] (Catalan), maanbeving [feminine] (Dutch), kuunjäristys (Finnish), tremblement de lune [masculine] (French), Mondbeben [neuter] (German), holdrengés (Hungarian), crith gealaí [masculine] (Irish), lunamoto [masculine] (Italian), terremoto lunare [masculine] (Italian), 月震 (Japanese), gempa bulan (Malay), lunamoto [masculine] (Portuguese), lunomoto [masculine] (Portuguese), luamoto [masculine] (Portuguese), лунотрясе́ние (lunotrjasénije) [neuter] (Russian), lunamoto [masculine] (Spanish), månskalv [neuter] (Swedish), månbävning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-moonquake-en-noun-oTiNtE3O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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