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What is the primary cause of earthquake activity in California?

Seismic waves


seismometers?

instrument that respond to ground motions such as caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and explosions


What are the seismic waves of the Earth's crust?

Rock under stress breaks at the focus, releasing energy and vibrations called seismic waves, which travel away from the focus, through Earth's interior, and across the surface. The three types of seismic waves are: Primary waves: The first to arrive at seismographs Secondary waves: The second to arrive at seismographs Surface waves: The last and most severe to arrive at seismographs


What are seismic waves also called?

Seismic sea waves are also called a tsunami.


What is the difference between seismic waves and seismograph?

A seismograph is an instrument that measures the seismic wave activity in an area. According to Wikipedia, Seismometersare instruments that measure and record motions of the ground, including those of seismic waves generated by earthquakes, nuclear explosions, and other seismic sources. Records of seismic waves allow seismologists to map the interior of the Earth, and locate and measure the size of these different sources. A seismic wave, according to wikipedia is, "Seismic waves are waves of force that travel through the Earth or other elastic body, for example as the result of an earthquake, explosion, or some other process that imparts forces to the body. Seismic waves are also continually excited on Earth by the incessant pounding of ocean waves (referred to as the microseism) and the wind."Seismograph is another Greek term from seismós and γράφω, gráphō, to draw. It is often used to mean seismometer, though it is more applicable to the older instruments in which the measuring and recording of ground motion were combined than to modern systems, in which these functions are separated. Both types provide a continuous record of ground motion; this distinguishes them from seismoscopes, which merely indicate that motion has occurred, perhaps with some simple measure of how large it was.

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What types of waves are produced by waves and explosions?

seismic waves


What types of waves are produced by earthquakes and explosions?

seismic waves


Sometimes located in earth by seismic waves from explosions?

Secondary waves


What waves propagate the energy of sound and explosions and earthquakes?

seismic waves


Which seismic waves cause the least damage?

The Love and Rayleigh waves (collectively known as surface waves) are the slowest moving but most damaging of the seismic waves.


What is it called when a seismic wave bounces backward as it reaches a boundary?

Answer: When a seismic wave 'bounces backward' and reaches a boundary, it is called Reflection. Explanation: The seismic waves are the result of the landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, explosions by humans


Waves are the slowest moving waves and cause the most damage?

Seismic waves


What causes a seismic wave?

things that can cause seismic waves are earthquackes


How does the seismograph works?

it measures and records the elastic ground vibration called seismic waves that are generates by earthquakes and man made explosions


Identify which seismic waves cause most of the damage during an earthquake?

Seismic waves are produced by earthquakes, rather than the cause of them! The most damaging seismic waves are the surface waves of which there are two types. Love waves and Rayleigh waves. For more information, please see the related links and question.


What kind of waves are responsible for all the damage an earthquake cause?

seismic waves


The most destructive seismic wave are .?

The Surface waves (of which there are two - the Love and Rayleigh waves) are the most destructive seismic waves as they have the largest amplitude.Surface waves cause the most damage as they have the largest amplitude of all the seismic waves.S Wave.yhuk