Recent Earthquakes Questions
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What location does the first motion of an earthquake occur?
2 days ago, 9:43am - On an earthquake seismogram, the first motion is the directio...
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What is the relationship between worldwide earthquake distribution and tectonic boundaries?
2 days ago, 9:39am - The majority of the earthquakes and volcanoes on the Earth's ...
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Do other planets get earthquakes?
2 days ago, 9:18am - Earthquakes require a terrestrial planet meaning a planet wit...
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Why does California have so many earthquakes?
2 days ago, 9:11am - The San Andreas Fault is the sliding boundary between the Pac...
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What are the four main types of environmental hazards?
2 days ago, 8:24am - 'Environmental hazard' is a term for any situation or state o...
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What are to effects of plate tectonics?
2 days ago, 7:46am - Tectonic plates form valleys, mountains, volcanoes and cause ...
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What caused the earthquake in haiti?
2 days ago, 12:05am - They felt the release of energy from the Enriquillo-Plaintain...
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2 days ago, 11:41pm - That point is called the fault line. Thanks for using ChaCha!
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What is the name of the fault line that runs through the Midwest?
2 days ago, 11:07pm - The name of the fault line that runs through the Midwest is t...
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What are the Richter Scale measures?
2 days ago, 11:02pm - On a machine called a seismograph, the Richter scale measures...
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What is the importance in studying earth science?
2 days ago, 10:59pm - The study of Earth Science is important, because in an ever-c...
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What happens in a subduction zone?
2 days ago, 10:38pm - In a subduction zone, one of the earth's plates will begin to...
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2 days ago, 10:30pm - The theory of plate tectonics combines many of the ideas abou...
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How are the Japan and Haiti earthquakes similar?
2 days ago, 10:22pm - Hmm... we sent that Answer to you already! Txt GETNEW to get ...
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What type of seismic wave travels through all layers of the earth?
2 days ago, 10:03pm - P-waves are type of elastic wave, also called seismic waves, ...
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What are four factors that scientist use to predict earth quakes?
2 days ago, 9:57pm - Scientists use radar and seismographs, creep meters, and stre...
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What are some of the effects of powerful earthquakes?
2 days ago, 9:50pm - Effects from earthquakes include but are not limited to, shak...
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How long does it take S-waves to travel 100 km?
2 days ago, 9:38pm - An S wave, or shear wave, is a seismic body wave that shakes ...
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How do seismic waves help scientists learn about the earths interior?
2 days ago, 9:35pm - Geologist use the refraction or reflection of seismic waves t...
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What causes the ground to move during an earthquake?
2 days ago, 8:49pm - When the stress on the rock becomes great enough, the rock sn...
