adjective
- pertaining to, of the nature of, or caused by an earthquake or vibration of the earth, whether due to natural or artificial causes.
adjective
- relating to or caused by earthquakes or artificially produced earth tremorsAlso (less commonly): seismical (ˈsaɪzmɪkəl)
- of enormous proportions or having highly significant consequencesseismic social change
adj.1858, from seismo- + -ic.
- Relating to an earthquake or to other tremors of the Earth, such as those caused by large explosions.