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Waves that can make the ground roll like ocean waves they usually cause the most damage during an earthquake?
Waves that can make the ground roll like ocesn waves; they usually cause the most damage during the earthquake
A succession of ocean waves set in motion by a submarine earthquake is called?
A submarine earthquake causes a tsunami.
How do Rayleigh waves move the ground?
Rayleigh waves cause the ground to move with an elliptical, rolling motion.
The energy waves that produce an earthquake begin on the surface or within the earth?
The energy waves form at the focus which is the location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
What are source earthquake waves?
The source of earthquake waves is the epicenter of the earthquake.
What is an ultrasonic motion sensor?
It is a motion detector that detects motion using sound waves
What types of seismic waves produce the most damage during an earthquake?
Surface waves (e.g. Rayleigh waves, Love waves) that produce vertical motion of the ground surface produce the most damage during an earthquake.
What is an ultrasonic sensor?
It is a motion detector that detects motion using sound waves
How does a seismograph records a earthquake?
when waves from an earthquake reach the instrament, the inertia of the weight keeps it stationary, while earth and the support vibrate. Seismographs amplify and electronically record ground motion.
What are earthquake waves that compress and the ground like an accordion?
P waves
Which earthquake waves travel through matter with a push pull motion?
P-waves.
Which type of wave is characterized by circular motion?
Surface waves from an earthquake shake the ground back and forth and up and down. So basically in a circular motion. This wave is the most dangerous wave released during and earthquake and it comes after the p and s waves. The Surface wave is the last wave that comes after the other 2. So yea' these surface waves move in a circular motion
What tool is useful in detecting and measuring the waves and energy of an earthquake?
The instrument types are known collectively as seismometers and seismographs. A seismometer detects the vibrations that travel through the ground, and a seismograph makes a visual record of the amplitude of waves over a period of time.
Seismographs?
this is where the seismic waves recorded; measures vertical earth motion
What is a seismometer?
A seismogram is a recording of ground motion at a particular ground location, as collected by a seismometer. Multiple seismograms, taken from different locations, can be analyzed to determine the magnitude, depth and location of an earthquake.Seismograms used to be recorded on paper by seismograph machines, but virtually all seismograms are recorded digitally, today, since computers are essential to accurately process the simultaneous readings from hundreds of seismometers.
Waves that can make the ground roll like ocean waves they usually cause the most damage during an earthquake?
Waves that can make the ground roll like ocesn waves; they usually cause the most damage during the earthquake
A succession of ocean waves set in motion by a submarine earthquake is called?
A submarine earthquake causes a tsunami.
