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Is The point directly above the focus of an earthquake is called the S wave?
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No, directly above the focus of an earthquake is the epicenter.
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Underground center of an earthquake?
Earthquakes occur underground and are felt on the surface. The center of an earthquake on the surface is called the epicenter, and the center of the earthquake underground, where it occurs, is called the hypocenter or focus.
What is the epicenter of an earthquake?
The epicentre of an earthquake is the point on the Earth's surface directly above the point within the Earth where the earthquake actually occurred (known as the focus or hypocentre). From this point on the surface the waves of the earthquake radiate outward like the ripples in a pond when a stone is thrown in.
What is the origin of an earthquake called in CA?
Well, the origin of the earthquake is called the focus, and the point on the ground directly above the focus is called the epicenter. In CA, earthquakes generally originate from the San Andreas Fault.
What do you call the area directly above the focus of an earthquake?
epicentre :)
Whats the difference between the epicenter of an earthquake and the focus of the earthquake?
The focus of an earthquake is the place where an earthquake occurred along the fault underground, while the epicenter is the place directly above it where the seismic waves were felt.The focus is where an earthquake starts and the epicenter is where the earthquake hits the hardest.The focus of the earthquake is where the actual earthquake occurred and the epicenter is on the ground directly above the focus. The epicenter is used to say where the earthquake was in relation to places near where it occurred.
What is the center of an earthquake?
It is called the focus, and the point on Earth's surface located directly above the earthquake focus is called the epicenter of the earthquake.
Is the location on the surface directly above the focus?
The point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus is called the epicenter
Underground center of an earthquake?
Earthquakes occur underground and are felt on the surface. The center of an earthquake on the surface is called the epicenter, and the center of the earthquake underground, where it occurs, is called the hypocenter or focus.
Is the location on the earth's surface directly above the epicenter of an earthquake called the focus?
No. The point on the surface directly above the focus is the epicenter.
What is a term for the point directly above the place where an earthquake originates?
the point directly above the focus is called the epicenter
The place inside Earth where an earthquake starts in the what?
The point of origin of an earthquake is called its focus. The point on the surface directly above the focus is called the epicenter
What is point of origin of an earthquake?
The point of origin of an earthquake is called the hypocentre or focus. The epicenter is the point on the surface directly above the focus.
What is the point on earths surface directly above an earthquake's focus called?
The epicenter
What is the location on the surface directly above the earthquake focus called?
epicenter
The point directly above the focus of an earthquake is called the S wave?
false
What is the earths surface point directly above an earth quakes focus?
The point directly above the focus of an earthquake is called the epicenter. It is usually the point of greatest destruction.
What is the point on the earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus?
epicenter
