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Written by Oli on 2025-01-13 at 10:11

A "swarm" of earthquakes ??

Is the collective noun for eathquakes really a "swarm" ??

https://flipboard.com/@independent/news-a3lhl24rz/-/a-FkN-gKaUTQmkBF6_b7efFA%3Aa%3A1855170754-%2F0

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Written by Tom the ailurophile on 2025-01-13 at 10:13

@OliverNoble

It's the term I have always heard used.

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Written by Abram Kedge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦 on 2025-01-13 at 10:18

@OliverNoble I'm sure we can think of better. A concussion of quakes?

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Written by #TakeBackOurHealthcare on 2025-01-13 at 10:25

@OliverNoble It's the geological term for it.

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Written by Peter Henry on 2025-01-13 at 10:30

AI says - The collective noun for a group of earthquakes is a "charm". The term comes from the Old English word cirm, which means "a chatter or twitter (of birdsong)"

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Written by BashStKid on 2025-01-13 at 10:34

@thanetric And that’s why you don’t want AI interpreting your medical data.

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Written by BashStKid on 2025-01-13 at 10:32

@OliverNoble That’s what they’re usually called. Note that a swarm is the cloud of multiple events over a volume or time, not a main or major shock.

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Written by Oli on 2025-01-13 at 10:40

@BashStKid Thank you

The article uses the word many times - probably more than necessary - they seem very pleased with it

Every day is a school day, cheers

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Written by BashStKid on 2025-01-13 at 10:45

@OliverNoble Oh, not to worry. Geologists have a lot of odd terms and jargon for the often strange reality of what’s going on beneath the surface.

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Written by Pam C on 2025-01-13 at 11:00

@OliverNoble https://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/research/manchester_sequence.html

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Written by Oli on 2025-01-13 at 15:32

@Pamela1960

Thank you for the link

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