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A sizemograph is used to mesure the sizemic waves under the earths surface

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What are earthquake generated waves called?

Earthquake generated waves are called seismic waves. These are waves of energy that travel through the Earth's layers. Their velocity depends on the elasticity and density of the medium that they travel through.


What are earthquake waves?

vibration that travels through earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.


How is the speed of earthquake waves used to provide information about earths interior?

Primary Waves or P waves come first and they are the quickest and travel through earth's interior. So if there is an earthquake in China the P wave will go through the earth and onto the other side in a couple of seconds and scientists know this because only a p wave can travel through liquid, solid, and gas and the interior of the earth is made up of semi-molten rock, molten rock and solid rock so we kind or know how the earth is inside.


How could you use seismic safe in a sentence?

Earthquake waves are transmitted through materials in earth and along earth's surface , also known as seismic waves .


What evidence do we have that Earth's outer core is molten?

There are two types of seismic body waves that travel through the earth when an earthquake occurs. P-waves and S-waves. When an earthquake occurs it has been observed that there is a zone at the opposite side of the earth where P-waves are detected but S-waves are not. S-waves are not able to travel through liquids where as P-waves can and as such it is believed that the shadow zone is caused by the presence of a liquid outer core.

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What are the waves of force called that travel through Earth as a result of an earthquake?

Seismic Waves.


What are earthquake generated waves called?

Earthquake generated waves are called seismic waves. These are waves of energy that travel through the Earth's layers. Their velocity depends on the elasticity and density of the medium that they travel through.


What are the waves that travel through the inside of earth?

Body Waves


What are the three types of waves produced in earthquake and how does each move through the earth .?

its the c waves


What are waves generated by an earthquake that travel through earth or along its surface?

These are known as seismic waves.


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 are earthquake waves?

vibration that travels through earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.


How does energy from earthquake reach earth surface?

energy reachs earth surface through seismic waves: P waves S waves and Surface waves


How do scientists know there is some form of liquid inside of the earth?

S-waves (shear) from earthquakes cannot pass through liquid, P-waves (pressure) from earthquakes can pass through liquid. Seismic data show a total shadow of S-waves directly opposite the point at which an earthquake happened, but no shadow of P-waves directly opposite the point at which an earthquake happened, Therefore liquid inside the earth is blocking the S-waves from getting into this shadow area.


What cause earthquake waves to change direction as they travel through Earth?

by their boundaries


What type of waves is produced during an earthquake?

Seismic waves consist ofP waves which travel through the Earth fast. They compress the medium they travel through;S waves which also travel through the Earth, shearing the solid Earth as they go. S waves do not travel through liquid;Surface waves which can cause the Earth to undulate like water waves or surface waves that cause the Earth to shear.


What do earthquake waves travel through?

earthquake waves travel through the earths crust.