# Earthquake Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 19, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-question/506902 "2009-08-19T00:23:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MarKyMarK89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@MarKyMarK89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarKyMarK89)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-question/506902/1 "2009-08-19T00:23:58Z")
Since Earthquakes on earth are called earthquakes. Are earthquakes on Mars called Marsquakes. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-question/506902/2 "2009-08-19T00:30:20Z")
I believe the generic term “quake” is usually used for seismic events on other planets. Or, you could just call them seismic events. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-question/506902/3 "2009-08-19T01:37:42Z")
NASA calls quakes on the moon “Moonquakes” in at least one document. [http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/15mar\_moonquakes.htm](http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/15mar_moonquakes.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-question/506902/4 "2009-08-19T02:29:05Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > NASA calls quakes on the moon “Moonquakes” in at least one document. > > [http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/15mar\_moonquakes.htm](http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/15mar_moonquakes.htm) If the moon was really made of green cheese, it would be a cheesequake… oops, maybe I shouldn’t have made that joke. I hope DQ doesn’t sue… ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-question/506902/5 "2009-08-19T02:33:30Z")
[Marsquakes](http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_quakes_041011.html) ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-question/506902/6 "2009-08-19T02:58:46Z")
[Sunquakes](http://www.thesurfaceofthesun.com/sunquakes.htm) [Starquakes](http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/081023-starquakes.html) ---
**Author:** ![J\_Cubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@J\_Cubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_Cubed)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-question/506902/7 "2009-08-19T03:11:06Z")
Is the dirt on the Moon called “moon”? Could you make marsenware pottery? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-question/506902/8 "2009-08-19T03:39:10Z")
> [@J\_Cubed](#): > > Is the dirt on the Moon called “moon”? Could you make marsenware pottery? For the latter, it would be Martianware pottery. Earth \> earthen = Mars \> Martian. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-question/506902/9 "2009-08-19T03:42:46Z")
> [@J\_Cubed](#): > > Is the dirt on the Moon called “moon”? Regolith. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-question/506902/10 "2009-08-19T04:48:07Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > If the moon was really made of green cheese, it would be a cheesequake… oops, maybe I shouldn’t have made that joke. I hope DQ doesn’t sue… Nah, [Cheesequakes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesequake_State_Park) happen in New Jersey, long before DQ borrowed the name. ---
**Author:** ![EdwardLost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@EdwardLost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EdwardLost)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-question/506902/11 "2009-08-19T11:57:10Z")
Selenaquakes, on the moon