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secondary waves or otherwise known as s-waves
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What direction does the ground surface move during an earthquake?
The Earth moves in response to tectonic forces which move the plates around, causing friction and the release of friction between adjoining plates, the creation of mountains, and the subduction and creation of crust. All of these movements can result in earthquakes.
What Matter in which the particles are free to move in all directions until they have spread evenly throughtout their container is a?
Liquid is the answer.
Can one object move in two completely opposite directions at the same time?
i dont really understand what your saying, Take a rubber band for example if your stretching it is it going in 2 directions or 1? Confusing isn't it?
When two forces act on an object in opposite directions and the object moves will it move in the direction of the smaller or greater force?
Greater force
How does the base isolation system work?
This is when a building is separated from the ground that it is built on by large plates. One plate is secured to the ground and the other is secured to the bottom of the building. These plates move a certain distance when the ground shakes.
What causes the ground to move?
Release of energy causes the seismic wave which make the ground shake.
During an earthquake seismic waves move outward from the focus in all directions.?
Yes.
Which seismic wave causes particles in the ground to move perpendicular to the wave's propagation?
S waves, or secondary waves, are transverse seismic waves, meaning that the particles being effected by the wave are moving perpendicular to the wave's propagation.
During an earthquake do seismic waves move outward from the focus in all directions?
Yes, they do.
What causes earthquakes to happen?
Earth's tectonic plates move and seismic waves begin to occur.
What caused the ground to shake so strongly in the christchurch earthquake?
seismic waves Seismic waves are energy that travel through the earth's layers, and are caused by the release of energy from the earthquake. This release of energy causes the crust to move, rip, and tear causing a lot of damage if close to the surface.
What caused the ground to shake so strongly in Christchurch's earthquake?
seismic waves Seismic waves are energy that travel through the earth's layers, and are caused by the release of energy from the earthquake. This release of energy causes the crust to move, rip, and tear causing a lot of damage if close to the surface.
What directly causes earthquakes to happen?
Earth's tectonic plates move and seismic waves begin to occur.
What are the vibrations that move through the ground carrying the energy released during an earthquake called?
Seismic waves
What causes seismic waves to change speeds as they move through earths layers?
A boundary called Mohorovicic discontinuity
What are the type of seismic waves that arrive at the surface first and move by compressing and expanding the ground like and accordion?
P Wave
What type of seismic waves that arrive at the surface first and move by compressing and expanding the ground like an accordion?
P waves
