Vocabulary

seismic gap

earthquake engineering

earthquake precursor

earthquake fault

tsunami (caused by an earthquake)

seismic motion

seismic tomography

earthquake insurance

tsunami forecast

tsunami earthquake

flood myth

typhoon with severe wind (and little rain)

stray typhoon (i.e. one with an irregular path)

pyroclastic cone

volcanic action

volcanic tremor

area covered in volcanic ash

volcanic activity report; information on volcanic activity

emergency volcanic alert (e.g. an eruption warning); urgent information on volcanic activity

pollen report

earthquake prediction information

official warning (esp. of an impending earthquake)

Act on Special Measures Concerning Countermeasures for Large-Scale Earthquakes

Act on Special Measures Concerning Countermeasures for Large-Scale Earthquakes

seismic moment

ultra-microearthquake

minor earthquake

moderate earthquake

bird fancier's lung; bird breeder's disease

Cardiidae (family of bivalve molluscs comprising the cockles)

Veneridae (family of bivalve molluscs comprising the Venus clams)

quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria); quahaug; hard clam; hard-shell clam; round clam; littleneck

Burchard's cockle (Vasticardium burchardi)

submergent coastline; submerged coast; submerged shoreline

emergent coastline; emerged shoreline; negative shoreline; shoreline of emergence

high-water mark; high-water line; high-water shoreline

low-water mark; low-tide line; ebb-tide line

supratidal zone

Lunella coreensis (species of turban shell)

intertidal zone; tidal zone