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有感地震 (ゆうかんじしん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

有ゆう感かん地じ震しん

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Meanings

1

felt earthquake; perceptible earthquake

Technical term used in seismology and news reports to distinguish earthquakes that people can feel from those detected only by instruments.

気き象しょう庁ちょうは、震しん度ど1以い上じょうの有ゆう感かん地じ震しんの

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The Japan Meteorological Agency announced the number of felt earthquakes with a seismic intensity of 1 or higher.

昨さく夜や、都と内ないで有ゆう感かん地じ震しんがあった。

Last night, there was a felt earthquake in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

Kanji

有possess, have, exist
感emotion, feeling, sensation
地ground, earth
震quake, shake, tremble

Related words

無む感かん地じ震しん
無感地震 is an earthquake that is detected by instruments but not felt by people, the opposite of 有感地震.
地じ震しん
地震 is the general term for earthquake, while 有感地震 specifically refers to those that are perceptible to humans.

Etymology

Compound of 有感 (yūkan, 'having sensation, perceptible') and 地震 (jishin, 'earthquake'). The term is a modern technical coinage used in seismology.