quake vs microseism

quake and microseism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
quake	Yes	No	Yes	No
microseism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, microseism is a hyponym of quake; that is, microseism is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than quake:

quake: shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
microseism: a small earthquake

Other hyponyms of quake include seismic disturbance, shock, earth tremor, tremor, seaquake, submarine earthquake.

quake (noun)	microseism (noun)
shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity	a small earthquake

quake (verb)	microseism (verb)
shake with fast, tremulous movements
shake with seismic vibrations