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earthquakes create seismic waves.

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What natural event causes seismic waves to travel through the Earth?

Earthquakes


How are earthqakes are caused?

An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves.


What does seismic?

(not seismic, seismic wave)Seismic waves are waves of energy that travel through the earth.


How do seismic waves move through earth?

How do scientists use seismic waves to study the Earth


What natural disaster creates seismic waves?

Earthquakes.


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.


What part of earth does not receive seismic waves?

The epicenter does not recive seismic waves.


What is earthquate?

A sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves is called an earthquake. Earthquakes can vary in intensity.


What does seismic mean?

(not seismic, seismic wave)Seismic waves are waves of energy that travel through the earth.


What is the medium of seismic waves?

earth


What are earth waves called?

They're called 'seismic' waves.


How scientists use seismic waves to map the earth's interior?

Scientists use seismic waves to map Earth's interior by using seismographs that measure the times at which seismic waves arrive at different distances from an earthquake.