Earthquakes

What is the epicenter of an earthquake?

Famous transform fault in western United States causing significant earthquake activity in California.

Liquefaction is when...

An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a

How much bigger is a magnitude 8 earthquake compared to magnitude 7 one?

Tsunami

What scale measures amount of energy from earthquake 1-10? Options: Mercalli scale, Fujita scale, Richter scale, Saffir simpson scale

What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?

Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake? Options: Epicenter, Focus, Fault, Plate

What is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake? Options: Aftershock, Liquefaction, Seismic Gap, Tsunami