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ABCs of Earthquakes

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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A IS FOR ASTHENOSPHERE

  • The asthenosphere so just below the lithosphere, including the upper mantle.
  • The asthenosphere is about 180 km thick
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B IS FOR BASEMENT

  • The basement is harder rock under the main sedimentary rock
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C IS FOR CRUST

  • The crust is mostly where earthquakes happen.
  • It's the very outside layer of the Earth.
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D IS FOR DAMAGE

  • That's after a big earthquake or a volcano eruption, like broken windows or a tipped building.
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E IS FOR EPICENTER

  • Every earthquake has an epicenter center.
  • A epicenter is the center of an earthquake and sends vibrations
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F IS FOR FORESHOCK

  • Foreshocks are little earthquakes that come before a big earthquake
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G IS FOR GEOLOGY

  • Geology is the study of the Earth .
  • It's how we study earthquakes.
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H IS FOR HARMONIC TREMOR

  • A harmonic tremor is a pattern of earthquakes that can be found by seismographs.
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I IS FOR INTENSITY

  • It is a number that describes how strong an earthquake is.
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J IS FOR JOLTING

  • Jolting is caused by earthquakes, some things may fall down.
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K IS FOR KINEMATIC

  • Kinematic is a pattern that breaks down rocks.
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L IS FOR LANDSLIDE

  • A landslide is a movement of material down a slope.
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M IS FOR MAGNITUDE

  • The magnitude is a number that describes the relative size of an earthquake.
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N IS FOR NATURAL FREQUENCY

  • It is the normal vibrations when pushed by a force.
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O IS FOR OCEAN

  • Sometimes earthquakes occur beneath the ocean.
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P IS FOR PEDOGENIC

  • Pedogenic means pertaining to processes that add,transfer,transform,or remove sediments.
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Q IS FOR QUATERNARY

  • The quaternary is the last 1.6 million years of earth's time period.
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R IS FOR RICHTER SCALE

  • The Richter scale measures the strength of an earthquake.
Photo by Leo Reynolds
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S IS FOR SEISMOGRAPH

  • A seismograph, or seismometer, is an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes.
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T IS FOR TELESEISMIC

  • Teleseismic means earthquakes thar occur at distances greater than 1,000 km from the measurement site.
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U IS FOR UPLIFT

  • Some of the rocks push in to each other when there is an earthquake.
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V IS FOR VELOCITY

  • Velocity is how fast a point on the ground is shaking as a result of an earthquake.
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W IS FOR WAVES

  • P waves and S waves travel trough earth's layers.
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X IS FOR X-SHAPED CRACKS

  • When an earthquake happens and a building has an X-shaped cracks in the wall that means that the next earthquake, is about to fall.
Photo by MightyBoyBrian
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Y IS FOR YBP

  • YBP is an abbreviation for "" years before present .""
Photo by Andy Gant
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Z IS FOR ZIG-ZAG

  • When an earthquake is finished, it leaves some cracks and those cracks sometimes look like zig-zag's.
Photo by Kikishua

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