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ゆっくり滑り (yukkurisuberi) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ゆっくり滑すべり

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Meanings

1

slow earthquake; slow slippage

Technical term in seismology for a type of fault slip that occurs slowly over days to years, without generating strong seismic waves.

ゆっくり滑すべりは、通つう常じょうの地じ震しん計けいでは捉とらえ

られ

ない

こと

が

多おお

い

。

Slow earthquakes are often undetectable by ordinary seismometers.

この地ち域いきでは、ゆっくり滑すべりが数すう年ねんに一いち度ど観かん測そくされている。

In this region, slow slippage is observed once every few years.

Kanji

滑slippery, slide, slip

Related words

スロースリップ
Synonymous loanword from English 'slow slip', often used interchangeably in scientific literature.
地じ震しん
General term for earthquake; ゆっくり滑り is a specific type that does not produce typical shaking.

Built from

ゆっくり+滑すべる

Etymology

Compound of ゆっくり (slowly) and 滑り (slip, sliding), literally 'slow slip'. A calque or parallel formation to the English seismological term 'slow slip'.