The point within the earth where an earthquake rupture starts

• Earthquake

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Intensity

• Magnitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth's rocks

• Earthquake

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Intensity

• Magnitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Describes the severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface and on humans and their structures

• Earthquake

• Epicenter

• Intensity

• Magnitude

• Primary Wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Fastest kind of seismic wave, and, consequently, the first to 'arrive' at a seismic station

• Intensity

• Magnitude

• Primary Wave

• Secondary Wave

• Rayleigh Wave

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake

• Epicenter

• Hypocenter

• Intensity

• Magnitude

Seismologists are the scientists who study earthquakes and seismic waves.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A number that characterizes the relative size of an earthquake

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Intensity

• Magnitude

Secondary waves are slower than P-waves and can only move through solid rock, not through any liquid medium.

• True

• False

The shaking during an earthquake is caused by seismic waves.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Deeper focus earthquakes are often less damaging because the rocks absorb more energy before the waves hit the surface.

• True

• False