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The point at which an earthquake begins is referred to as the epicenter of the quake.
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Name the point where an earthquake is strongest?
The strongest point in an earthquake is the epicenter.
What is the name given to the point within the earth where an earthquake rupture starts?
This is known as the focus or more correctly the hypocentre.
What is the name given to the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?
The point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquakes focus or hypocentre is the epicentre.
What is another name for the focus of an earthquake?
Another name for the focus of an earthquake is the hypocenter of an earthquake. This is the strongest point in the earthquake, like the eye of the storm.
What is the name given to the huge waves that follow an earthquake?
Tsumanis or Tidal waves
What name is given to the point on a fault at which the first movement or break occurs during an earthquake?
This is known as the earthquake's focus or hypocentre.
What is the name given to a point of land extending into a body of water which is not a peninsula that begins with C?
A Cape.
Name the point where an earthquake is strongest?
The strongest point in an earthquake is the epicenter.
What is the name given to the point within the earth where an earthquake rupture starts?
This is known as the focus or more correctly the hypocentre.
What name is given to the point of initial rock movement along a fault during an earthquake?
This is known as the focus or hypocentre.
What is the name given to the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?
The point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquakes focus or hypocentre is the epicentre.
What is another name for the focus of an earthquake?
Another name for the focus of an earthquake is the hypocenter of an earthquake. This is the strongest point in the earthquake, like the eye of the storm.
What is the name of the exact point where an earthquake occurred?
The "epicenter" is the point on the surface above the "hypocenter" or "focus" of the earthquake underground.
What is the name above an earthquake?
The point at which the earthquake starts - is the Epicentre.
Good Friday earthquake is a name given to?
The 1964 Alaska earthquake. It occurred on Good Friday.
What is the name of the point where a river begins?
that bob
What is the name of the earthquake that caused hati?
Earthquakes aren't given names, but they are given magnitudes, if that's helpful. The magnitude for the earthquake that caused the Hati disaster was 7.0.
