How to Use seismology in a Sentence

seismology

noun
  • Finding more ways to use fin whale seismology could mean adding less to the cacophony.
    — New York Times, 11 Feb. 2021
  • All of this goes to show that seismology isn't just useful for picking up earthquake recordings, Fan said.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Phivolcs, the Philippine seismology agency, showed dozens of smaller aftershocks and quakes over the last few days.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • One video posted on Instagram showed users how to locate the grid pattern on the seismology website.
    — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2021
  • But the science of seismology is simply too young to stop the next major quake, or the legion of quakes after that, from killing many thousands of people.
    — Robin George Andrews, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Based on his brief research on the matter, Ziegler said frost quakes do not always register on seismology equipment.
    — Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2018
  • The end goal is to build a larger system to alert tsunami and seismology agency personnel, but more work must be done to create this system.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Feb. 2024
  • However, seismology won’t be enough by itself.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026
  • On Earth, a network of seismology ground stations identify the epicenter and strength of quakes.
    — Chris Wright, Wired, 4 Aug. 2021
  • So, scientists wondered, why not re-create Pluto’s seismology to find out?
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2020
  • The event influenced Enlightenment thinkers such as Voltaire and helped push early ideas in seismology.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
  • Water in Taal's crater boiled before and after its eruption, a video posted on the Facebook page of the seismology agency showed.
    — NBC News, 1 July 2021
  • On Earth, a network of seismology ground stations uses sensors to detect these waves, and to identify the epicenter and strength of quakes.
    — Chris Wright, Wired, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Nunn is also trying to use interpolation to correct blips in the seismology data, where errors can affect frame counts, time stamps, and data records.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2018
  • The last big one California occupies a central place in the history of seismology.
    — Richard Aster, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Together, the trio will be studying the seismology of the Moon and providing the polar region's first on-site thermal measurements.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2017
  • According to their study, this potential event could provide a once-in-a-lifetime chance to study the geology, seismology, and chemical makeup of the moon.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The InSight lander's primary mission was to study the effects of seismology and earthquakes on Mars.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Still, Adam Pascale, a chief scientist at the Centre, told the publication that seismology is not just about how loud the concert was to the ear.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
  • But a video produced by a group of seismology researchers says that people in more distant areas could get as much as 70 seconds’ warning before the strongest shaking reaches them.
    — New York Times, 8 July 2019
  • These networks use seismology machines to detect and analyze tremors — and plug into a system that sends notifications to people a few seconds before an earthquake hits.
    — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • These networks use seismology machines to detect and analyze tremors - and plug into a system that sends notifications to people a few seconds before an earthquake hits.
    — Pranshu Verma, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Bayrom Nejad -- the head of Iran's seismology center -- confirmed the two quakes struck between the towns of Laft and Dargahan.
    — Ramin Mostaghim and Hira Humanyun, CNN, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Here, too, seismology offers another silver bullet.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026
  • But finding detailed evidence of major quakes prior to the dawn of modern seismology in the 20th century can be extremely difficult.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 27 Sep. 2023
  • It's expected that scientists present a broader view of their research in papers, said Vadim Levin, a seismology professor at Rutgers.
    — Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2023
  • One project, for example, might involve studying the seismology of Venus through balloons that are tested first on Earth, or the deployment of small subsurface drones to study melting of Antarctic ice shelves.
    — Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The towns of Agoncillo and Laurel, situated on the lake surrounding the Taal volcano, were in danger from eruption and volcanic tsunami, the seismology agency said.
    — Reuters, CNN, 1 July 2021
  • Omori’s law says the number of aftershocks will decrease as time passes, according to a seismology lab from the University of California, Berkeley.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
  • In the 40 years since the first Fukushima reactor was commissioned, seismology and the science of flood hazards have made tremendous progress, drawing on advances in sensors, modeling, and other new capabilities.
    — Ernest Moniz, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2011

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'seismology.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: