Earthquakes and Earth's Interior

Earthquakes and Earth's Interior

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Earthquake Destruction

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Earthquake Destruction

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Earthquakes and Earth's Interior

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  1. 1 Intro
  2. 2 Elastic Rebound
  3. 3 Megathrust Fault
  4. 4 Seismology: The Study of Earthquake Waves • Earthquake waves - Study of earthquake waves is called seismology - Earthquake recording instrument (seismograph)
  5. 5 Earthquake Focus and Epicenter
  6. 6 Earthquakes • Locating an earthquake
  7. 7 Body Wave and Surface Wave Travel
  8. 8 Determining the Size of Earthquakes • Intensity - A measure of the degree of earthquake shaking at a given locale based on the amount of damage - Most often measured by the Modified Mercalli Intensity
  9. 9 Seismic Intensity Map, Loma Prieta 1989
  10. 10 Determining Richter Scale Magnitude
  11. 11 Annual Earthquake Occurrence
  12. 12 Earthquake Destruction
  13. 13 Liquefaction
  14. 14 Japan Tsunami
  15. 15 Formation of a Tsunami
  16. 16 Tsunami Travel Times to Honolulu
  17. 17 Earthquake Prediction
  18. 18 Earth's Interior . Most of our knowledge of Earth's interior comes from the study of P and Searthquake waves - Travel times of P and S waves through Earth vary depending on the properties of the mate…
  19. 19 Possible Paths of Earthquake Waves
  20. 20 Earth's Layers
  21. 21 Views of Earth's Layered Structure

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