Essays Tagged: "Seismic wave"
Earthquake In Chile, May, 1960
. What made this natural disaster even deadlier Was that a career in on the coast of Chile, Closing seismic waves and tsunamis To hit To Hawaii, Japan, and a small part of the united west coast. Besid ... lagued the land of Chile, which was in terrible condition due to the earthquake's actual strike and seismic sea waves. The first shock that Chile felt was on May 21st, at 10:02 a.m. This shock caused ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geology & Geosciences
Earthquakes
ta, 2008).Earthquake MeasurementThe energy that is produced by an earthquake is transmitted through seismic waves. A seismograph is a machine that is used by scientist to detect and record the seismic ... eloped in the year 1935 by Charles Richter. This scale is used to rate the amplitude of the surface seismic waves that are produced by an earthquake. In addition, seismologists use another method to d ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geology & Geosciences