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Wave Movement
To Measure Seismic Waves
Interpreting Data
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Earthquake misc
100
The waves that move foward and backward.
What are P wave ?
100
During the Alaskan earthquake of 1964, this cause most of the deaths
What is a tsunami ?
100
The most occurring magnitude earthquake
What is 1-3 ?
100
A ______ is the result of the release of sudden energy in the Earth's crust
What is an earthquake ?
100
A place you should go to if you are outside during an earthquake
What is an open field
200
The wave that moves up and down.
What are S waves ?
200
The scale that measures the size of an earthquake.
What is the richter scale ?
200
The magnitude that occurs the least
What is 7 and up?
200
When Friction prevents rocks from moving on either side of a fault the fault is said to be this.
What is locked ?
200
a safe place to be if you are in a house when an earthquake occurs ?
Where is a doorway
300
The waves that roll with a wave like motion
What are surface waves ?
300
The sensitive pendulum that records the shaking of the earth.
What is a seismograph ?
300
Underwater earthquakes caused by moving plates produces these sometimes
What are tsunamis ?
300
Zones of immobile rock along faults.
What are seismic gaps?
300
The type of seismic wave that travels the fastest
What are P waves?
400
The type of waves move through solid and liquid.
What are P waves ?
400
The number of seismic stations it takes to locate an epicenter
What are 3 ?
400
Geologist use this theory to explain the cause of an earthquake
What is the Elastic Rebound Theory?
400
The San Andreas Fault forms where the Pacific plate is slipping in this direction (North/South: pick) Along the North American Plate
What is North?
400
90% of continental earthquakes have what type of focus?
What is shallow?
500
The type of waves that travel through the crust,mantle,outercore and innercore
What are P waves ?
500
The depth of focus that causes the most damage
What is shallow ?
500
A scale that describes the damage caused by an earthquake
What is Mercalli Scale ?
500
Which Major Earthquake Zone produces earthquakes mainly by plates moving AWAY from each other?
What is the mid-Atlantic Ridge ?
500
Surface waves are most destructive when they travel through this.
What is loose soil ?