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bathyseism
An earthquake occurring at very deep levels in the earth.
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seismo-, seism-, -seism, -seisms, -seisma, -seismically, -seismical, -seismal, -seismic
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An earthquake of deep origin recordable at seismographic stations around the world: In her book about earthquakes, Judy learned that a bathyseism was an earth tremor having its source deep in the earth and probably caused by tectonic action.