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The energy of the seismic waves that reach the surface is greatest at the epicenter. The most violent shaking during an earthquake however may occur kilometers away from the epicenter. The types of rock and soil around the epicenter determine where and how much the ground shakes.

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Describe how energy released at an earthquake's focus can cause damage on the surface many kilometers from the epicenter?

When an earthquake occurs, energy is released in the form of seismic waves that travel through the Earth's crust. These waves can cause the ground to shake and rupture, leading to structural damage and landslides on the surface. The intensity of the shaking decreases with distance from the epicenter, but the energy released at the earthquake's focus can still cause significant damage many kilometers away.


What the point directly above the focus on the earth's surface?

The epicenter


Where is the location on earth's surface above the point where earthquakes start?

The location on Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake starts is known as the epicenter. This point is usually where the seismic waves are first detected and is typically used to determine the location of the earthquake.


What does the center of each circle represent in a epicenter?

I got it from my science book its geologist use seismic waves to locate the earthquakes epicenter (that's what the circle center is epicenter)


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.

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Where on the surface do earthquakes effect the most?

Epicenter


How do you locate an earthquakes epicenters?

An earthquakes epicenter is the point on the surface directly above the focus


Point on Earths surface directly above an earthquakes starting point?

Epicenter


What is it called when earthquakes start below Earth's surface?

All earthquakes occur underground, the exact place where the earthquake starts underground is called the Focus. The location where the earthquake first hits the surface of the earth is called the Epicenter! Hope I helped!


What is the name of the Point on earth surface directly above earthquakes?

The epicenter is the point on the earth's surface directly above the earthquake's origin.


What are the tipe of earthquakes?

The epicenter is where the waves first hit the surface, the 'focus' is the point where the waves come from initially.


What is the Epicurean of an earthquakes?

The word you are looking for is epicenter, not epicurean. The epicenter is not the actual center because that is somewhere underground, but it is the closest place on the surface, to the actual earthquake underground. Epicurean means highly luxurious, and has nothing to do with earthquakes which are never luxurious.


Describe how energy released at an earthquake's focus can cause damage on the surface many kilometers from the epicenter?

When an earthquake occurs, energy is released in the form of seismic waves that travel through the Earth's crust. These waves can cause the ground to shake and rupture, leading to structural damage and landslides on the surface. The intensity of the shaking decreases with distance from the epicenter, but the energy released at the earthquake's focus can still cause significant damage many kilometers away.


What the point directly above the focus on the earth's surface?

The epicenter


Where is the location on earth's surface above the point where earthquakes start?

The location on Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake starts is known as the epicenter. This point is usually where the seismic waves are first detected and is typically used to determine the location of the earthquake.


What does the center of each circle represent in a epicenter?

I got it from my science book its geologist use seismic waves to locate the earthquakes epicenter (that's what the circle center is epicenter)


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.