Direct Answer: Asthenosphere
Explained Answer: Earthquake waves normally go faster with increasing depth. However, below the lithosphere, the upper mantle contains a curious layer in which earthquake waves unexpectedly slow down. Geologists call this layer the asthenosphere.
An earthquake starts at the FOCUS in Earth and the epicenter is the place directly above the focus.
An earthquake starts at the FOCUS in Earth and the epicenter is the place directly above the focus.
It is the epicentre of the earthquake on the earth's surface.
It is the epicentre of the earthquake on the earth's surface.
The point on Earth's surface directly above the place where an earthquake originates is known as an epicenter.
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.
epicenter
The gravity puts it. It is a layer protecting the earth.
Surface erosion occurs in the Earth layer called the crust.
the focus of epicenter
floods earthquake
Most humans live of the crust of the Earth.