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A seismogram traces the earthquakes motion that is created by the seismograph and the seismograph records vibrations in the ground and determines the location and strength of an earthquake.
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An instrument used to record earhtquake waves is called a?
Earthquakes are measured by a seismometer, also known as a seismograph.
Which scientific instrument is used to predict or measure earthquakes?
The strainmeter, by which its seismometer component detects the vibrations or shock waves that its seismograph records, is the scientific instrument that's used to predict and measure earthquakes.
What is the measure of an earthquakes strength called?
This is known as magnitude. It is measured on the moment magnitude scale.
What ways are earthquakes measured?
Earthquakes are measured using a seisometer which detects tilts/movements of the plates within the earthquakes Charlotte x
What is the instrument to study earthquakes?
a seismograph
An instrument used to record earhtquake waves is called a?
Earthquakes are measured by a seismometer, also known as a seismograph.
How are earthquakes impact measured?
Earthquakes are monitered by a device called a Richter Scale.
What instrument is mass measured by?
Mass is measured against a standard by using an instrument called a balance.
What is indicating instrument?
An instrument in which the present value of the quantity being measured is indicated is called an indicating instrument.
Which scientific instrument is used to predict or measure earthquakes?
The strainmeter, by which its seismometer component detects the vibrations or shock waves that its seismograph records, is the scientific instrument that's used to predict and measure earthquakes.
What is a seismographer?
Earthquakes generate seismic waves which can be detected with a sensitive instrument called a seismograph.It is an instrument that measures vibration in the Earth.
How are some earthquakes measured?
they are measured by a Richter scale
What is magintude?
it is how earthquakes are measured.
What is the measure of an earthquakes strength called?
This is known as magnitude. It is measured on the moment magnitude scale.
Are all the earthquakes in the world measured the same way?
All earthquakes are measured on either the Richter scale or the Mercalli scale.
Can you measure how fast the wind is blowing and where it's blowing to.?
it is measured by an instrument called Anemometer
An instrument that measures relative humidity is called a what?
humidity is moisture in the air and is measured with a hygrometer
