Earthquakes Answers

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Which statement describes the Richter scale?

It cannot account for fault movement during an earthquake.

It measures large earthquakes far from the seismograph.

It estimates the total energy released from an earthquake.

It measures magnitude based on the size of seismic waves.

Which phrase describes a feature of an earthquake’s epicenter?

starting point of an earthquake

place around the center of an earthquake

region directly above the focus

point about 100 kilometers deep in the lithosphere

Which statement describes P waves?

They start as surface waves.

They travel through liquids.

They vibrate from side to side.

They move slower than S waves.

Which statement describes surface waves?

They arrive before S waves.

They travel faster than P waves.

They are produced by P and S waves.

They travel deep below Earth’s surface.

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