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An earthquake's epicenter is ____.
They travel faster than S waves.
aftershocks
the San Andreas fault
the place on the surface directly above the focus
distance to the epicenter of an earthquake
faults
moment magnitude scale
intensity
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 occurred along what fault?
They travel faster than S waves.
aftershocks
the San Andreas fault
the place on the surface directly above the focus
distance to the epicenter of an earthquake
faults
moment magnitude scale
intensity
Which one of the following statements is true about P waves?
They travel faster than S waves.
aftershocks
the San Andreas fault
the place on the surface directly above the focus
distance to the epicenter of an earthquake
faults
moment magnitude scale
intensity
The amount of shaking produced by an earthquake at a given location is called the ____.
They travel faster than S waves.
aftershocks
the San Andreas fault
the place on the surface directly above the focus
distance to the epicenter of an earthquake
faults
moment magnitude scale
intensity
Earthquakes are usually associated with ____.
They travel faster than S waves.
aftershocks
the San Andreas fault
the place on the surface directly above the focus
distance to the epicenter of an earthquake
faults
moment magnitude scale
intensity
Major earthquakes are sometimes preceded by smaller earthquakes called ____.
They travel faster than S waves.
aftershocks
the San Andreas fault
the place on the surface directly above the focus
distance to the epicenter of an earthquake
faults
moment magnitude scale
intensity
The scale most widely used by scientists for measuring earthquakes is the ____.
They travel faster than S waves.
aftershocks
the San Andreas fault
the place on the surface directly above the focus
distance to the epicenter of an earthquake
faults
moment magnitude scale
intensity
A travel-time graph can be used to find the ____.
They travel faster than S waves.
aftershocks
the San Andreas fault
the place on the surface directly above the focus
distance to the epicenter of an earthquake
faults
moment magnitude scale
intensity
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