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What of an earthquake is based on the amplitude of seismic waves?
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What kind of earthquake waves are their?
seismic
What can sesismographs do?
Seismographs record the arrival time and amplitude of seismic waves. They can be used to locate the earthquakes epicentre and estimate the earthquake's magnitude. Please see the related question.
How is energy released during earthquakes travels in seismic waves?
Seismic waves are the forms of energy produced by an earthquake.
Can you explain how the transfer of energy as seismic waves is related to the frequency and magnitude of earthquake in a region?
They both based on the amount of energy that is released during earthquake
What earthquakes waves are the fastest?
P or Primary waves are the fastest earthquake or seismic waves.
The Richter magnitude of an earthquake is determined from the .?
measurement of the amplitude of the largest seismic waves
What is used to determine the Richter magnitude of an earthquake?
The amplitude of seismic waves as measured by a seismometer.
How is magnitude measure using Richter scale?
The Richter scale assigns a magnitude number to an earthquake based on the maximum amplitude of the seismic waves as recorded on a seismometer and the distance of the seismometer station from the epicentre of the earthquake.
When earthquake an increase of magnitude 1 on Richter scale implies?
A ten fold increase in the amplitude of seismic waves
How is an earthquakes magnitude measured using the Richter scale?
The Richter scale assigns a magnitude number to an earthquake based on the maximum amplitude of the seismic waves as recorded on a seismometer and the distance of the seismometer station from the epicentre of the earthquake.
Is seismic waves and earthquake waves the same?
Seismic waves are any waves that travel through the Earth. As such all earthquake waves are seismic waves, however not all seismic waves are caused by earthquakes.
Seismic waves end at an earthquake's center.?
Seismic waves end at an earthquake's center.
Do surface waves or secondary waves cause the most damage in an earthquake?
Surface waves cause the most damage because they have the highest amplitude of all the types of seismic wave.
How can you use 'seismic waves' in a sentence?
Seismic waves occur when there is an earthquake.
What is the magnitude based on the Richter Scael of Popocatepetl?
An earthquake is measured by a seismometer to determine its magnitude on the Richter Scale. The Richter is based on a base 10 logarithm. The scale defines magnitude by a logirithm of the ratio of the amplitude of seismic waves.
What are the waves of an earthquake?
seismic
Kind of wave released during an wave?
Earthquake waves are called seismic waves.
