EVPP 108 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Submarine Landslide, Seiche, Wind Wave
25 Apr 2018
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Evpp 110 learning guide 13 earthquake a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth"s crust or volcanic action: fault. A break in the rocks that make up the earth"s crust, along which rocks on either side have moved past each other focus. A device that measures the strength of an earthquake: seismogram- A tracing of earthquake motion that is recorded by a seismograph. A scale that rates an earthquake"s magnitude based on the size of its seismic waves. A scale that rates earthquakes according to their intensity and how much damage they cause at a particular place tsunami a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance. The process by which an earthquake"s violent movement suddenly turns loose soil into liquid mud: e(cid:454)plain what causes earthquakes.
