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A seismometer is a device that measures the vibrations made be earthquakes. (seismic waves) Seismic waves consist of P(primary) waves LONGITUDIUAL think of them as "PUSH AND PULL" waves because they move buildings up or down. The other wave is the s(seconday) waves TRANVERSE think of them as "SHAKE TO SIDE" waves because they shake buildings from side to side.
Both waves are very dangerous and can do a lot of damage and a seismometer detects this.
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Which type of wave does a seisemeter detect first?
A seismometer detects primary waves (P-waves) first. These are the fastest seismic waves and are the first to arrive at a seismometer after an earthquake.
What is a sentence for seismograph?
Sentence: A Seismograph is a machine used to measure the severity of earthquakes.
What is Sysmogram?
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What is a seimogram?
A seismogram is a graphical representation of the ground motion recorded by a seismometer during an earthquake. It shows the amplitude and frequency of seismic waves as they travel through the Earth. Seismologists use seismograms to analyze earthquake characteristics such as magnitude, depth, and location.
What caused the seismometer's development?
A desire to record the occurrence and measure of earthquakes.
When was Seismometer created?
Seismometer was created in 1880.
What is a seismogam?
the recording produced by a seismometer
What is another word for seismograph?
seismometer
Can you put the word seismometer in a sentence?
A Geologist uses a seismometer to measure earth tremors and movements, and to help predict a possible earthquake.
How seismic waves are measured?
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How r earthquakes recorded?
An earthquake is recorded by a measurement called Richer scale and Mercille scale or the Seismometer. A seismometer is an instrument . . . While not sensitive enough to detect it.
Why are 3 seismometers required to locate exactly where an eartquake occurred?
The seismometer records the P and S-wave arrival times. P-waves travel faster through the earth than S-waves and so they arrive at the seismometer station before the S-waves and are recorded by the seismometer first. The difference in arrival time between the two types of seismic wave can be used to calculate the distance of the earthquake's epicentre from the seismometer. This can then be plotted on a map, by drawing a circle with a radius equal to the distance to the epicentre around the seismometer station. This is then repeated for the other two seismometer stations and the point where the three circles intersect is the location of the earthquakes epicentre.
What machine detects earthquakes?
A seismometer (the term seismograph may be used to describe a seismometer combined with an instrument for recording and displaying the amplitude and frequency of the seismic waves that the seismometer measures). Please see the related link.
How do you know a earthquake has ocurred?
Because they are recorded on a seismometer.
Which instrument detects and records seismic activity?
Seismometer
What devices monitor volcanoes to predict when they will erupt?
Seismometer
What is the instrument that can measure the intensity of earthquakes?
A seismogragh and/or seismometer.
