moonquake

English

Etymology

From moon +‎ quake, after the pattern of earthquake.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪk

Noun

moonquake (plural moonquakes)

1. A seismic event occurring on the moon; the lunar equivalent of an earthquake.
   • 2025 August 8, Chandelis Duster, Geoff Brumfiel, “NASA plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. Here's what that means”, in NPR:

     Moonquakes and meteorite strikes could damage a reactor, but the chances are slim.

Alternative forms

• moon-quake

Hypernyms

• planetquake

Translations

lunar seismic event

• Catalan: llunatrèmol m
• Dutch: maanbeving (nl) f
• Finnish: kuunjäristys
• French: tremblement de lune (fr) m
• German: Mondbeben n
• Hungarian: holdrengés (hu)
• Irish: crith gealaí m
• Italian: lunamoto m, terremoto lunare m
• Japanese: 月震 (ja)
• Malay: gempa bulan
• Polish: trzęsienie księżyca n
• Portuguese: lunamoto m, lunomoto m, luamoto m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: лунотрясе́ние (ru) n (lunotrjasénije)
• Spanish: lunamoto m
• Swahili: tetemeko la mwezi
• Swedish: månskalv (sv) n, månbävning (sv) c