The Nature of Earthquakes
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The Nature of EarthquakesQuestions
- How does liquefaction occur and what dangers are associated with it?
- What is the seismic moment of an earthquake and what is it used for?
- What is a seismic wave?
- What is the focus of an earthquake?
- What is an epicenter?
- What causes earthquakes?
- What is the Ring of Fire and how does it relate to earthquake distribution across the globe?
- What is an earthquake?
- Where are earthquakes most likely to occur?
- What is the relationship between earthquakes and tsunamis?
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- How much energy, in joules, is released by an earthquake of magnitude 8?
- What are the 3 main types of seismic waves? How do they differ from each other?
- What are waves produced by earthquakes called?
- Why do seismic waves travel faster through the upper mantle than in the core? Why does a seismic wave travel faster through the upper mantle than it does in the crust?
- How do seismic waves travel through the earth?
- How do seismic waves affect rock as they travel through it?
- What type of earthquake happens at a divergent fault?
- How does the velocity of P waves change as they enter the moho?
- How do p waves move?
- How do p waves move the ground?
- How does density affect p waves?
- How fast do p waves travel?
- How fast do p waves travel through granite?
- Why do some seismograph stations receive both primary and secondary waves from an earthquake but other stations don't?
- An earthquake on the ocean floor produces a tsunami that hits a remote island. Is the water that hits the island the same water that was above the earthquake on the ocean floor?
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- Why can the focus of earthquakes be very deep at subduction boundaries?
- Vibrations that move through the ground carrying the energy released during an earthquake is called what?
- What is the point on Earth's surface directly above the earthquake focus?
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- What is the name for the source of an earthquake?
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