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Does the surface wave magnitude or M's measure the movement of seismic waves underneath the Earth's surface?
No, P-waves and S-waves are used to measure seismic events under the Earth's surface.
Does heat from the inner core and movement of tectonic plates produce seismic waves?
no.
How scientists use seismic waves to map the earth's interior?
Scientists use seismic waves to map Earth's interior by using seismographs that measure the times at which seismic waves arrive at different distances from an earthquake.
What is a seismic monitor?
A machine or program to measure seismic waves that travel through the earth after an earthquake or explosion.
How does the energy from an earth quake reach the surface of earth?
It travels through the ground.
Are oceanic plates measured in seismic waves?
\No
How are oceanic plated measured?
They are measured in seismic waves.
What characteristic of seismic waves tell you this?
Seismic waves are the waves that rapidly move through the earth's crust causing a shift in techtonic plates. These waves tell us how strong an earthquake was.
What are seismic waves and what information information do they give about earthquakes?
Earthquakes are when the seismic plates on the earths crust move after pressure from on another is exceeded, seismic waves are produced after an earthquake, and can turn into a tsunami.
What characteristic of seismic tells you this?
Seismic waves are the waves that rapidly move through the earth's crust causing a shift in techtonic plates. These waves tell us how strong an earthquake was.
Does the surface wave magnitude or M's measure the movement of seismic waves underneath the Earth's surface?
No, P-waves and S-waves are used to measure seismic events under the Earth's surface.
Does heat from the inner core and movement of tectonic plates produce seismic waves?
no.
Why do seismic waves originate along fault lines?
Seismic waves originate along fault lines because that is an edge of a tectonic plate. Imagine the tectonic plates as pieces of a puzzle. The fault line is the wavy side or edge in the piece and the pieces fit together. Whenever the plates move, they rub against the tectonic plates or puzzle pieces on their sides creating seismic waves.
What scale is used to measure seismic waves?
The Richter scale
How scientists use seismic waves to map the earth's interior?
Scientists use seismic waves to map Earth's interior by using seismographs that measure the times at which seismic waves arrive at different distances from an earthquake.
How are all the seismic waves the same?
No, it depends on how much pressure the tectonic plates collide with
What is a seismic monitor?
A machine or program to measure seismic waves that travel through the earth after an earthquake or explosion.
