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What is the instrument that detects measures and records the energy of earthquackes vibrations called?
The instrument that detects, measures, and records the energy of earthquake vibrations is called a seismometer or seismograph.
What is used to mesure the size of an earthquake?
Scientists measure the magnitude (energy) of an earthquake using a seismograph (sort of sensitive pendulum that records the shaking of the earth).
What types of wave cause a earthquakes?
Earthquakes are caused when energy is released as the lithosphere (crust and upper mantle) of the Earth moves. Energy is emitted in the form of waves. There are different types of waves, some move faster, slower, sideways, or up and down. A seismograph records these waves on a seismogram.
What scale rates the size of seismic waves?
Most scientists use a machine called a seismograph which has a pen on the end and moves when there is shaking from the seismic waves. It records the shaking on a rotating paper called a seismogram. The up and down lines you see sometimes are drawn by the seismograph.
The amount of energy released by an eartquake is measured on the?
The amount of energy released by an earthquake is measured on the moment magnitude scale, often referred to as just magnitude. This scale takes into account the seismic moment, which is a measure of the total energy released during an earthquake. The magnitude is expressed in whole numbers and decimal fractions.
What tool is used to measure earthquake's energy?
The Richter scale is a tool used to measure the energy released by an earthquake. It calculates the earthquake's magnitude based on the amplitude of seismic waves recorded on seismographs.
What machine measures the strength of the energy waves sent out from an earthquake?
A seismograph is the machine that measures the strength of energy waves, such as seismic waves, generated by earthquakes. The data recorded on the seismograph is used to determine the earthquake's magnitude.
Is seismograph a type of technology?
Yes, a seismograph is a type of technology used to detect and record earthquakes. It measures the motion of the ground caused by seismic waves generated by earthquakes or other sources of seismic energy.
When was Raw Energy Records created?
Raw Energy Records was created in 1993.
Why is magnitude a better measure of strength of earthquakes than intensity?
The difference is that intensity is the extent of damage released by an earthquake and is measured differently at different places depending on its distance from the epicenter while the magnitude is the amount of energy released by an earthquake and it has a fixed energy as it is released by an earthquake.
What two things can a seismometer detect?
Ground motion, earthquakes and nuclear explosions for example.
The Richter magnitude of an earthquake is determined from the .?
measurement of the amplitude of the largest seismic waves
