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Do seismographs record the air movements caused by seismic waves?
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it records the frequency of the earthquake !
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What device is used to record seismic waves?
Seismic waves are measured by seismographs, geophones, hydrophones and accelerometers.
Does a seismograph record the size of a tidal wave or earthquake?
Seismometers or Seismographs are instruments that measure motions of the ground, including those of seismic waves generated by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other seismic sources.
What are the seismic waves that travel along earths surface and produce the most severe ground movements?
What does a seismograph use to record the drums vibrations
What tools do seismologists use?
Seisometers are used to measure how much the ground moves, but the only real way to detect them is to look at previous records as to how long it has been since an earthquake; if it a long time, an earthquake could happen soon.
What is a seismologist and what types of scientific tools do they use to locate earthquakes?
Seismologist use a seismometer or seismograph to record the P and S-wave arrival times.Please see the related question for detail on how this is used to locate an earthquake epicenter.Geologists use seismic waves to locate an earthquake's epicenter.
What device is used to record seismic waves?
Seismic waves are measured by seismographs, geophones, hydrophones and accelerometers.
Does a seismograph record the air movementscaused by seismic waves?
Seismographs cannot measure volcanoes. When you research about seismographs, it may show thing about volcanoes. This is because right before a volcano erupts, it can cause little earthquakes and seismographs measure earthquakes!
Seismographs?
this is where the seismic waves recorded; measures vertical earth motion
The trace that records an earthquake from seismic instruments is called a?
the ground movement caused by seismic waves
What is an instrument used to measure and record ground movements during an earthquake?
earthquakes are measured by seismic waves so scientists use a seismograph. there are a bunch of seismographs at a station and each one records the same stuff according to the p, s, and surface waves.
Does a seismograph record the size of a tidal wave or earthquake?
Seismometers or Seismographs are instruments that measure motions of the ground, including those of seismic waves generated by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other seismic sources.
What can sesismographs do?
Seismographs record the arrival time and amplitude of seismic waves. They can be used to locate the earthquakes epicentre and estimate the earthquake's magnitude. Please see the related question.
Where are seismographs located?
At many different earthquake centers. When an earthquake happens the tree nearest earthquake centers record the magnitude and intensity of the seismic waves produced by the earthquake in order to find the origin or epicenter
Which instruments Used to record intensity of earthquakes?
seismographs
What is used to record shock waves?
seismographs
What are the seismic waves that travel along earths surface and produce the most severe ground movements?
What does a seismograph use to record the drums vibrations
What tools do seismologists use?
Seisometers are used to measure how much the ground moves, but the only real way to detect them is to look at previous records as to how long it has been since an earthquake; if it a long time, an earthquake could happen soon.
