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The Earth's crust is made up of tectonic plates. These plates are constantly moving and when they rub against one another, it causes an earthquake. So the thing that is shaking is the Earth's crust.
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What is seismic shaking-?
"Seismic" refers to an earthquake, so seismic shaking is the shaking motion of the earth (and things on it) caused by an earthquake. There are different waves that emanate from the hypocenter, or point of origin.
What does it mean when your shaking?
There is an earthquake
What causes shaking of the crust of the earth?
A shaking of the crust of the Earth could symbolize an Earthquake. This shaking of the crust can be measured with special machines.
What measures the shaking in an earthquake?
seismoscope
The amount of shaking produced by an earthquake at a given location is called the?
The amount of shaking produced by an earthquake at a given location is called the intensity.
Who would feel the ground shaking first in an earthquake?
i depends where the earthquake is.
When an earthquake occurs is shaking greater?
Yes, shaking is a primary characteristic of earthquakes
Shaking of the ground that precedes an earthquake?
Tremors
What is the shaking of the ground that precedes an earthquake?
Tremors
What is the behavior of an earthquake?
shaking ground and cracking
What is used to record the shaking of a earthquake?
Seismograph.
What are the characteristics of an earthquake?
sudden shaking of the ground
