terms Flashcards
1
Q
a breaking in a rock along which movement has occured
A
fault
2
Q
first type of seismic wave to be recorded in a seismic station
A
primary wave
3
Q
second type of earthquake to be recorded in a seismic station
A
secondary wve
4
Q
elastic energy that radiates outward in all directions from the focus
A
seismic waves
5
Q
a record made by a seismograph
A
seismogram
6
Q
a devise used to record earthquake waves
A
seismograph
7
Q
located underneath the earth where there is motion of tectonic plates
A
focus
8
Q
point on earth is surface directly about the focus
A
epicenter
9
Q
vibration of earth due to the rapid release of energy
A
earthquake
