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What is the measure of how much damage an earthquake causes the surface?
The measure of how much damage an earthquake causes on the surface is determined by the earthquake magnitude and the distance from the epicenter. Earthquake damage can also be influenced by local geology and infrastructure resilience. The Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale is commonly used to assess the level of shaking and resulting damage.
What is the definition of an epicentre of an earthquake?
The epicentre of an earthquake is the point on the earth's surface away from which the seismic waves produced by an earthquake radiate. This is similar to the way waves or ripples in a pond move outwards in concentric circles from the point where you throw a stone into the water. As such the epicentre is the point on the earth's surface directly above the earthquake's focus or hypocentre (the point within the earth where the fault rupture or movement actually occurs).
What is a movement within the earth that causes buried rock to be exposed at the earth's surface called?
The movement within the Earth that causes buried rock to be exposed at the Earth's surface is called uplift. It refers to the vertical elevation of the Earth's surface.
Which property of water causes drops on a freshly waxed car?
This phenomenon is called surface tension.
Does a tsunami have weather causes?
No. It is all related to an earthquake.
What is the measure of how much damage an earthquake causes the surface?
The measure of how much damage an earthquake causes on the surface is determined by the earthquake magnitude and the distance from the epicenter. Earthquake damage can also be influenced by local geology and infrastructure resilience. The Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale is commonly used to assess the level of shaking and resulting damage.
What were the causes of earthquake?
The plates under the Earth's surface collide together:)
What is the vibration caused when there is movement along a fault?
It causes and earthquake
What process usually causes the most gradual change in Earth's surface?
An earthquake
What are the natural causes that create rapid or slow change on the surface of the earth?
EARTHQUAKE
What processes usually causes most gradual change in Earth's surface?
An earthquake
What causes a surface wave?
Surface waves are caused by the interaction between seismic waves and the Earth's surface. These waves travel along the Earth's crust and can cause the ground to shake horizontally and vertically. Surface waves are typically the most destructive type of seismic waves during an earthquake.
A succession of ocean waves set in by a submarine earthquake is called?
A submarine earthquake causes a tsunami.
When an earthquake strikes which type of seismic wave causes the most destruction?
Surface waves
An earthquake below the surface of the ocean causes formation of a giant wave known as a?
It is a tsunami
What is the release of stored energy in earth's outer layer that causes movements called?
The release of stored energy in Earth's outer layer that causes movements is called an earthquake. This release of energy typically occurs along fault lines where tectonic plates are in contact with each other and can result in vibrations felt on the Earth's surface.
What is the point in earth's interior where the energy released causes an earthquake called?
The Tectonic Plates.
