異い常じょう震しん域いき

noun

region of anomalous seismic intensity

Technical term used in seismology for an area where observed shaking is stronger or weaker than expected given the distance from the epicenter.

• この地じ震しんでは、震しん源げんから遠とおい地ち域いきで異い常じょう震しん域いきが観かん測そくされた。

  In this earthquake, a region of anomalous seismic intensity was observed in an area far from the epicenter.