What I know about earthquakes by Tremaine Coaxum

What I know about earthquakes

tremainelc03271 — 2015-03-23 15:21:10 UTC

Earthquake are are the result of

sudden release of energy of

Energy in the earth's crust.

example of a earthquake diagram

tremainelc03271 — 2015-03-24 15:08:19 UTC

epicenter

tremainelc03271 — 2015-03-24 15:13:36 UTC

is the point on the Earth's surface

that is directly above the hypocenter

or focus, the point where an earthquake

starts

hypocenter

tremainelc03271 — 2015-03-24 15:15:27 UTC

is the point within the

earth where an earthquake

eruption starts.

Tectonic boundaries

tremainelc03271 — 2015-03-31 15:03:55 UTC

*Convergent boundaries - where two plates are colliding.

*Divergent boundaries – where two plates are moving apart.

*Transform boundaries – where plates slide passed each other.

tectonic boundaries examples

tremainelc03271 — 2015-04-01 14:53:51 UTC

earthquake example

tremainelc03271 — 2015-04-01 15:01:25 UTC

this is an example of an earthquake

s-waves

tremainelc03271 — 2015-04-07 14:37:22 UTC

the S-wave, secondary wave is one of the two main types of elastic body waves, so named because they move through the body of an object, unlike surface waves.

p-waves

tremainelc03271 — 2015-04-07 14:40:48 UTC

a longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the first conspicuous wave to be recorded by a seismograph.

tremainelc03271 — 2015-04-07 14:42:47 UTC

tremainelc03271 — 2015-04-07 14:44:01 UTC

magnitude

tremainelc03271 — 2015-04-07 14:49:03 UTC

The magnitude of an earthquake is a measured value of the earthquake size