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What is a sisemograph?
a tool used by scientists to measure earthquakes by movement
When did Chinese scientists begin keeping records of earthquakes?
200 BCE.
What is the instrument that records earthquakes waves?
A seismograph records earthquake waves.the correct answer is a seismometer a seismograph is the graph to show the recordings
What instrument records earthquake waves?
A seismometer / seismograph.A seismograph measures and records the waves generated by earthquakes and similar seismic events.
What tool is used to measure an earthquake?
Scientists use a recording instrument called a seismograph to detect ground motions caused by seismic waves from earthquakes.
Earthquakes are measured with an instrument called a?
A seismogram traces the earthquakes motion that is created by the seismograph and the seismograph records vibrations in the ground and determines the location and strength of an earthquake.
Who invented the earliest tool for measuring earthquakes?
A Chinese scientist named Chang Heng invented a machine called Dragon Jar that was used to measure earthquakes.
What detects and records earthquakes?
Seismograph
What records movement of tectonic plates?
Earthquakes
What is seismograph and where is it used?
it records the magnitude of earthquakes.
What machine records vibrations from earthquakes?
A seismometer.
Why is NZ earthquake territory?
Science records about 14,000 earthquakes in and around New Zealand each year. Most are small, but between 100 and 150 are big enough to be felt. The Institute records these earthquakes on a nationwide network of instruments called seismographs. New Zealand's position on the boundary of the Australian and Pacific plates is the reason for the large number of earthquakes.
What do you call the instrument that records the magnitude of the earthquakes?
richter
What tool did the Chinese invent to measure how big earthquakes were?
the seismograph
What is a sisemograph?
a tool used by scientists to measure earthquakes by movement
What is a seisgrahf?
A seismograph is a tool scientist uses to measure earthquakes.
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".
