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∙ 14y agoThere is no theoretical limit.
The Richter scale is the most common measure of an earthquake. It is a logarithmic function of the amplitude of the wave.
An earthquake measuring 9.x happens usually once every twenty years.
No earthquake registering above 10 has been recorded since the measure was developed in 1935.
The largest quake ever recorded was in 1960 in Chile. It measured 9.5 on the Richter Scale.
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∙ 12y agoheight of a wave
The peak value of horizontal / vertical displacement of a particular point on the surface of earth from its neutral position is called the amplitude of earth quake.
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∙ 12y agosurface waves
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What does a seismograph measure measure?
A seismograph measures the vibrations made when earth layers "move", such as the waves of movement during an earthquake.Frequency and amplitude of seismic waves.
The height of a wave is twice the measure of its what?
The height of the wave, above the rest position, is its Amplitude. Twice the amplitude is the distance from the deepest point to the highest point.
What instrument is used to detect vibrations in an earthquake?
Seismometers. For information on how seismometers are used, please see the related question.
An instrument used to detect and record earthquakes?
seismic waves
Why do some people not feel an earthquake but a seismograph does?
because the seismograph is a machine or Thing that can feel and sometimes see and earthquake while humans cant because we dont have super hearing lik a seismograph does.
Instrument to study earthquakes?
A seismometer or seismograph will measure the amplitude and frequency of seismic waves which are produced by earthquakes.
What is an earthquake's number based off of how big it is?
Its because of the amplitude shown on a seismograph according to the Richter scale.
What machine detects earthquakes?
A seismometer (the term seismograph may be used to describe a seismometer combined with an instrument for recording and displaying the amplitude and frequency of the seismic waves that the seismometer measures). Please see the related link.
How do you find the amplitude of the wave?
Amplitude of a wave is simply the highest point the wave ever reaches.
What does a seismograph measure measure?
A seismograph measures the vibrations made when earth layers "move", such as the waves of movement during an earthquake.Frequency and amplitude of seismic waves.
Is amplitude measured from crest to crest?
Nope, Amplitude is the distance between the center line of a wave and the highest or lowest point.
What energy does pendulum have?
When the pendulum is at its highest point or amplitude, it has the highest potential energy. When it passes by its point of equilibriu, it has the highest kinetic energy.
What measures Earth's vibrations?
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What is the measure of an earthquake Stength?
The extent or size of an earthquake at a particular time is determined from the logarithm of the amplitude of waves that are recorded by a seismograph. The magnitude and intensity of the earthquake is measured on a Richter scale.
The distance between the crest of a wave to the rest position of the medium?
The distance between the highest crest and the rest position is the amplitude of the wave
The height of a wave is twice the measure of its what?
The height of the wave, above the rest position, is its Amplitude. Twice the amplitude is the distance from the deepest point to the highest point.
What is seismograph in an earthquake?
There are two instruments, which are basically the same thing. There is the seismograph , and a more specific tool measures the waves on what is called the Richter scale. Earthquakes are given a number from one to ten, ten being the strongest. The strongest earthquake that their ever was, was measured a 9.3.
