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- noun A
quake on theplanet Mars , perhaps caused by land tides orvolcanic eruptions .
Etymologies
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Blend of Mars and earthquake
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For four years, NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission1 recorded seismic waves from ‘marsquakes’, which built a picture of the inner structure of the red planet.
Marsquakes indicate that the inner core of the red planet is solid, not liquid Nicholas C. Schmerr 2025
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