Earthquakes Answers

What is the main cause of an earthquake?

P wave✔ S wavesurface wave

✔ P waveS wavesurface wave

P waveS wave✔ surface wave

Fill in the blank to complete each statement about measuring an earthquake’s magnitude.

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When earthquakes produce vibrations called waves, how do those waves travel?

Which statement about the Mercalli scale is true?

How do geologists determine the location of an earthquake's epicenter?

Based on the seismograph measurements in the image, where is the epicenter of this earthquake?

Fill in the blank to complete each statement about measuring an earthquake’s magnitude. The scale is best used to measure the strength of small, nearby earthquakes. The magnitude scale is useful for measuring the strength of earthquakes of all sizes and at all distances from a seismograph.