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Earthquake's center usually center aruond a single point under earth's surface called a what?
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What is the science in which earthquakes are studied called?
Earthquakes science
What is the name given to people who predict earthquakes?
Active faults generate earthquakes. Geologists study them to better understand where and when future earthquakes will occur.Geologists study faults to better understand where large earthquakes originate. The Earth's plates are constantly moving, but most faults are motionless, locked by friction, until the day when the force on the fault builds up enough to overcome the resistance. When that happens, the rocks on either side of the fault lurch into motion, releasing pent-up energy in an earthquake. Most earthquakes are so small that special instruments are needed to detect them, but a few release huge amounts of energy, causing widespread destruction. During most earthquakes, fault motion stays below the Earth's surface, but in large earthquakes, fault motion may break through to the surface, offsetting rocks and sediments, as well as anything built on the fault, as much as ten feet or more.
What is a representation usually on a plane surface showing region of the earth?
A representation on a plane surface showing regions of the Earth is called a 'projection'. Or it might simply be called a map.
What is a very thin transparent film of color painted over an already-painted surface is called?
That is usually called a glaze.
Major earthquakes are sometimes preceded by smaller earthquakes called .?
before shokes
Are earthquakes below the surface called tsunamis?
Mo, they are known as earthquakes but the earthquakes cause the tsunamis.
What is the membrane aruond the nucleus called?
It is called nuclear envelop.It is a double membrane.
What is it called when earthquakes start below Earth's surface?
All earthquakes occur underground, the exact place where the earthquake starts underground is called the Focus. The location where the earthquake first hits the surface of the earth is called the Epicenter! Hope I helped!
What are Cracks in the ground caused by earthquakes called?
cracks in the ground caused by earthquakesFaults. Cracks in the earths crust usually caused by earthquakes are called faults.No, their not! Faults are to do with tectonic plates, earthquake cracks are called earthquake cracks.
Why are earthquakes near volcanoes?
Because the same rifts in the mantle that bring magma to the surface (vulcanism) also cause plate shifts (earthquakes). Such an area is called "seismically active".
The point on earths surface right above the spot where the first movement of an earthquake occurs is called earthquakes?
Focus
Shock waves that are felt on the earth's surface as the results of faulting in the crust are called?
Seismic waves or tremors
Waves that travel at the surface such as Raleigh and long waves?
surface waves, raleigh waves, and long waves.
What are smaller earthquakes called that immediately follow a major earthquake?
earthquakes that immediately follow a major earthquake are called "aftershocks" as to small earthquakes before large earthquakes are called "foreshocks".
Which layer of the sun is usually called the Sun's surface?
The photosphere.
How has the study of earthquakes helped us understand the inner layer of the earth?
Earthquakes are caused by a shift in two different plates beneath the earths surface. The shift is usually caused by convectional magma flows underneath the earths crust. This is because the plates are purely floating slabs of rock on the magma beneath it. The layer beneath the crust is called the mantle.
What are waves produces by earthquakes called?
The waves produced by earthquakes are called seismic waves.
