03 Earthquake Hazards

Question 1

Disruptive up-down and sideways movement or motion experienced during an earthquake

Answer 1

Ground Shaking

Question 2

Disruptive up-down and sideways movement or motion experienced during an earthquake

Answer 2

Ground Shaking

Question 3

Displacement on the ground due to movement fault

Answer 3

Ground rupture

Question 4

Sea waves resulting from the disturbance of ocean floor by an earthquake

Answer 4

Tsunami

Question 5

Is a process that transforms the behavior of a body of sediments from that of a solid to that of a liquid

Answer 5

liquefaction

Question 6

Is a process that transforms the behavior of a body of sediments from that of a solid to that of a liquid

Answer 6

liquefaction

Question 7

Is defined by the lowering of the land surface

Answer 7

Land subsidence

Question 8

It is a movement of rock, debris or earth down a slope

Answer 8

Landslide

Question 9

an “unexpected and rapid shaking of the earth due to the breakage and shifting of layers underneath the earth and strikes all of a sudden at any time of day or night

Answer 9

Earthquake