Seismic Terminology

noun a record or graph of acceleration as a function of time, typically resulting from a seismic event

• The engineers used accelerograms to study the ground motion during the earthquake.
• I saw some cool accelerogram graphs in my geology class today.
• Check out this accelerogram data, it's pretty wild!
• The accelerogram of her emotions showed a sudden spike when she received the news.

noun aftershocks or tremors that occur after a major earthquake

• The seismologists studied the afterquakes that occurred following the major earthquake.
• Did you feel those afterquakes last night? They were pretty strong.
• The afterquakes were so intense, it felt like the ground was doing the cha-cha.
• The afterquakes of her decision to leave reverberated through his life.