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Shaking and Ground rupture are the effects of earthquake. Ground shaking is the disruptive up and down and sideways motion experienced during an earthquake. And, Ground Rupture is the creation of new or the renewed movements of old fractures, oftentimes with the two blocks on both sides moving in opposite directions.
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Shaking of the ground that precedes an earthquake?
Tremors
What is earthquake hazard?
it is the effect of ground shaking buildings can be damaged by the shading it self or by the ground beneath them
What is a seisometer?
An instrument that measures the shaking of the ground during an earthquake.
A shaking of the ground caused by the sudden release of energy in Earth's crust?
It is an earthquake
What caused the ground to shake so strongly and how is shaking recorded in christchurch?
Ground shaking is caused by an earthquake which is two tectonic plates that rub against eachother or overlap The magnitude of most earthquakes is measured on a ricture scale the magnitude is calculated by the ampline.
Where are the local effects of an earthquakes?
Local effects of earthquakes include ground shaking and rupture, fires, and damage.
What is a device use to record the shaking of the grounds?
A seismometer measures the shaking of the ground.
What intensifies ground shaking or cause the ground to settle?
magnitude
Shaking of the ground that precedes an earthquake?
Tremors
What is the shaking of the ground that precedes an earthquake?
Tremors
What is the behavior of an earthquake?
shaking ground and cracking
What are the characteristics of an earthquake?
sudden shaking of the ground
What might happen if there was an earthquake near a mountain?
Shaking, ground rupture, landslides, avalanches, fires, liquefaction, floods, tsunamis, destruction, death - you get the point.
How did the Christchurch earthquake affect the crops?
ground is shaking
What is the term used to measure ground shaking?
seismogram
How do you know when the earthquake starts?
The ground starts shaking.
What is called the shaking of the ground that proceeds an earthquake?
aftershock
