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What is the term for the place where slippage first occurs in an earthquake?
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∙ 8y ago
This is at the fault lines. This is were the most damage is going to occur during the earthquake.
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What is the place on earth27s surface directly above the point where movement first occurs in an earthquake called?
This is known as the earthquake's epicentre.
What occurs in the lithosphere?
The natural disaster that takes place in the lithosphere is Earthquake.
What is the point underground where earthquake's movement first takes place is called the?
it is called the focus it is the point underground where the mivemenr of an earthquake fist take place
What actually is a earthquake?
An earthquake is caused by the shifting of the earth's Tectonic Plates that make up the outer crust. The plates rub against each other which causes shock waves that can either be unnoticeable or dramatic, and even deadly to those who experience it. The place an earthquake occurs is called the Hypocenter.
How are faults and epicenters related?
The violent shaking and destruction associated with earthquakes are the result of rupture and slippage along fractures in Earth's crust called faults. Larger quakes result from the rupture of larger fault segments. The origin of an earthquake occurs at depths between 5 and 700 kilometers, at the focus(foci = a point). The point at the surface directly above the focus is called the epicenter.
The place where slippage first occurs is called an earthquake?
Epicenter
Is the focus of an earthquake the where the movement first occurs?
the first place where the movement first occurs in an earthquake is the focus.
The place on earth's surace directly above the point where movement first occurs in an earthquake is called what?
the epicenter
The place on earth's surface directly above the point where movement first occurs in an earthquake is called?
epicentre
What is the term for the place on earth's surface directly above the point where movement first occurs in an earthquake?
the epicenter , this is the correct answer!
Where is the most damage done when an earthquake occurs?
The surface that is right above the epicenter of the earthquake,or the place that is right above where the earthquake starts.
What is the place on earth27s surface directly above the point where movement first occurs in an earthquake called?
This is known as the earthquake's epicentre.
What occurs in the lithosphere?
The natural disaster that takes place in the lithosphere is Earthquake.
What happens if their was an earthquake?
AN EARTHquake first reaches a place that is focus strong earthquakes are in the epicentre but this is not the place from where earthquake originates i.e focus
Is it true that in an earthquake the point where the first movement or rock occurs and energy is released is the epicenter?
Yes.An earthquke does start at the epicenter because an earthquke as 3 kids of fults(normai fult,revers fult,and strike-slip fult)and where every that fult is that is where the epicenter is ad that is where th earthquke starts.
The place in the Earth where the earthquake actually occurs is known as the?
This is known as the focus or hypocentre.
WHAT IS THE PLACE CALLED WHERE STRESS IS RELEASED IN A EARTHQUAKE?
The place in the Earth's crust where stress is released during an earthquake is called the focus or hypocenter. It is the point underground where the rupture of the fault occurs and energy is released in the form of seismic waves. This is the actual source of an earthquake.
