shakemap

See also: shake map

English

(1) shakemap of the 2010 Pichilemu earthquake.

Alternative forms

• shake map

Etymology

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

Noun

shakemap (plural shakemaps)

1. (geology) A map showing ground movement and shaking intensity following major earthquakes.
   • 2013 September 24, Daniel Engber, “Major Quake in Pakistan: Two Reported Dead, Experts Guess Several Thousand More”, in Slate Magazine‎^[1]:

     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.

References

• ShakeMaps, United States Geological Survey