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An earthquake's epicenter is ____.
a) the place on the surface directly above the focus
b) a spot halfway between the focus and the surface
c) the spot below the focus
d) any spot along the nearest fault
Earthquakes are usually associated with ____.
a) violent weather
b) faults
c) large cities
d) the east coast of North America
Which of the following causes earthquakes?
a) elastic rebound
b) Richter scale
c) release of heat
d) frictional heating
Major earthquakes are sometimes preceded by smaller earthquakes called ____.
a) aftershocks
b) focus shocks
c) surface waves
d) foreshocks
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 occurred along what fault?
a) the San Francisco fault
b) the Pacific fault
c) the California fault
d) the San Andreas fault
Which one of the following statements is true about P waves?
a) They travel only through solids.
b) They travel faster than S waves.
c) They are the most destructive type of seismic wave.
d) They cannot be recorded on a seismograph.
A travel-time graph can be used to find the ____.
a) focus of an earthquake
b) strength of an earthquake
c) damage caused by an earthquake
d) distance to the epicenter of an earthquake
What instrument records earthquake waves?
a) seismogram
b) seismograph
c) Richter scale
d) barometer
The amount of shaking produced by an earthquake at a given location is called the ____.
a) intensity
b) magnitude
c) epicenter
d) Richter magnitude
The scale most widely used by scientists for measuring earthquakes is the ____.
a) seismic scale
b) Richter scale
c) moment magnitude scale
d) epicenter magnitude scale
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