What is the focus of an earthquake

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The place with the most damage and/or highest toll of human injury
The spot on the earth's surface directly above where the rock rupture occurs
Where the actual rupture of rock occurs in the subsurface producing the earthquake
Where the seismic energy of the earthquake is concentrated
Where the direct seismic waves combine with the waves reflecting from the earth's core
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which seismic wave type travels the fastest
P
Surface
Rayleigh
Love
S
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which seismic wave type is most damaging
P
Body
S
Love
Raleigh
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these scales is a qualitative measure of seismic shaking
Richter Scale
Logarithmic Scale
California Seismic Magnitude Scale
Moment Magnitude Scale
Mercalli Scale
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How do we determine the location of an earthquake
Seismic Reflection
Seismic Refraction
Triangulation
Seismic Absorption
Shake Maps
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An increase of one on the Richter scale is equivalent to an increase in actual ENERGY released of ________?
32
100
10
1
3.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"When an earthquake occurs in a horst-graben situation, where is seismic shaking greatest?"
in the rigid bedrock of the horsts
in the poorly consolidated sediments of the valleys (grabens)
on the other side of the valley
at the distal edge of the earthquake
at the boundary between the horst and graben (the mountain front)
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