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How do scientists measure and record the movement of earthquakes?
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∙ 13y ago
Ricther Scale: A scale of 1 to 10. I think the highest ever recorded was somewere in China in 8.9
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What is the study of earthquakes and what is the instrument used by scientists to record earthquakes data?
Seismograph.
What is the uses of seismograph?
A seismograph is the device that scientists use to measure earthquakes. The goal of a seismograph is to accurately record the motion of the ground during a quake
What is a use of seismograph?
A seismograph is the device that scientists use to measure earthquakes. The goal of a seismograph is to accurately record the motion of the ground during a quake
Where did scientists record earthquakes as early as 780 bce?
China
What instrument record earthquakes?
A seismometer is used to measure the strength of earthquakes.
what does job does a seismologist do?
They are scientists which monitor, record and forecast about earthquakes
What caused the seismometer's development?
A desire to record the occurrence and measure of earthquakes.
What caused the development of seismometer?
A desire to record the occurrence and measure of earthquakes.
How do scientists measure tectonic plate movement?
I was confused about this too, I'm not quite sure but I think they measure the movement with GPS, they move about a centimeter per year. But the some people say that the motion is different and that you use a Seismometer, the same thing used to measure earthquakes.
What instrument system do scientists use to record plate movement?
Seismograph
What do you call an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes?
Seismometer (or seismograph) and it measure seismic waves
What is a siesmogrph?
it is a thing that measures earthquakes seismograph-: an apparatus to measure and record vibrations within the earth and of the ground
