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What is the science in which earthquakes are studied called?

Earthquakes science


What is the point of an earthquakes origin called?

focus


What is a wave that form as a result of earthquakes called?

a tsunami


What are earthquakes called on the moon?

Moonquakes (yes it's that simple!)


What is a person that studies earthuakes called?

a seismologist studies earthquakes by erika

Related questions

What are smaller earthquakes called that immediately follow a major earthquake?

earthquakes that immediately follow a major earthquake are called "aftershocks" as to small earthquakes before large earthquakes are called "foreshocks".


What are smaller earthquakes after a larger one called?

They are called aftershocks, or tremors.


What are smaller earthquakes after the larger one called?

They are called aftershocks, or tremors.


What are smaller earthquakes that follow a large one for several days called?

They are called aftershocks.


What are earthquakes sometimes called?

earthquakes can also some times be called "menace of the earth". I all depends on the sevarety of the quake


A major earthquake often generate smaller earthquake called?

These smaller earthquakes are called aftershocks. Aftershocks can often be as strong as the earthquake its self and there can be many.


Movements following a major earthquake often produce smaller earthquakes called?

Aftershock


The adjustments of materials that follow a major earthquake often generate smaller earthquakes called?

aftershocks


Lf a diagram is smaller then actual size it is a?

A diagram that is smaller than the actual size is sometimes called a reduction.


When a shape gets larger or smaller?

Under a mathematical transformation which is sometimes called rescaling.


What are waves produces by earthquakes called?

The waves produced by earthquakes are called seismic waves.


Greek god Poseidon?

He is the god of the sea and earthquakes. Sometimes called Earthshaker or Stormbringer. He is the son of the titan kronos. brother of Zeus and hades