The place on the Earth's surface, above the origin of the earthquake.

What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?

What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?

Which city is closest to the epicenter?

5. Which type of wave travels the fastest?

When stress overcomes the strengths of the rocks involved, movement occurs along fractures in the rocks. What is the vibrations caused by this sudden movement?

Which of the following are the three kinds of stress?

The distance between an epicenter and seismograph’s location can be calculated by using the

A strong earthquake that occurs on the ocean floor could result in the formation of

The strength of an earthquake's seismic waves...

Moves in a straight path with a push-and-pull motion are what type of earthquake wave?

Tremor that follows, and smaller than a major earthquake

Theory that rocks are strained past a certain point or fracture in spring back to their original shape.

Major earthquake zone that forms a ring around the pacific ocean.

Primary wave, the fastest waves generated by an earthquake in the first to be recorded by a seismograph.

Secondary wave, a wave generated by an earthquake, and the second to be recorded by a seismograph.

What scale determines the amount of damage an earthquake causes?