EARTHQUAKE EPICENTERS AND FORMATION OF LAND FORMS

Question 1

Occur when rocks in the lithosphere move or rupture in order to release accumulated energy and stress.

Answer 1

Earthquake

Question 2

Are breaks in the Earth’s crust where rocks move or slide past one another.

Answer 2

Fault

Question 3

Directly above the hypocenter

Answer 3

Epicenter

Question 4

The surface where the slip occurs

Answer 4

Fault plane

Question 5

The location below the Earth’s surface where the earthquake originates

Answer 5

Hypocenter

Question 6

Measure of the degree of shaking experienced in an area

Answer 6

Intensity

Question 7

It is a quantitive measurement that relies on the data from seismic records with other techniques to estimate the amount of energy released

Answer 7

Magnitude

Question 8

What are the faults in the Eastern part of the Philippines?

Answer 8

East Luzon trough and Philippine trench

Question 9

What are the faults in the western part of the Philippines?

Answer 9

Manila, Negros, Sulu, and Cotabato trench

Question 10

When did the historical accounts of earthquakes start?

Answer 10

Spanish colonization in the late 15th century

Question 11

When did the instrumentally derived parameters for earthquakes start?

Answer 11

In 1892

Question 12

Where are the areas where the 7.0 magnitude earthquake happened

Answer 12

Casiguran Aurora, Ragay gulf, Mindanao, Panay, Nueva, and Ecija

Question 13

Is a strong rigid layer the uppermost mantle and crust that were broken into several major and minor segments

Answer 13

Plate tectonics theory

Question 14

Is a strong rigid layer the uppermost mantle and crust that were broken into several major and minor segments

Answer 14

Plate tectonics theory