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A measure of an earthquake’s intensity, ranging from 1 to 12.
Industry:Natural environment
Delineation on a local scale of areas having different potentials for the hazardous effects of earthquakes.
Industry:Natural environment
The use of seismic waves radiating from an earthquake and recorded at several stations to determine the attitude of a fault producing an earthquake and the direction of slip.
Industry:Natural environment
The boundary between the crust and upper mantle usually identified by an increase in the velocity of propagation of seismic waves.
Industry:Natural environment
A measure of the energy released in an earthquake determined by strength of the fault and the area and amount of slip.
Industry:Natural environment
The frequency at which an elastic system vibrates when set in motion by a single pulse.
Industry:Natural environment
A fault in which blocks of rock slip straight down; also called dip-slip faults.
Industry:Natural environment
