GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The location below the earth’s surface where the earthquake starts is called the hypocenter, and the location directly above it on the surface of the earth is called the epicenter. Sometimes an earthquake has foreshocks.

Detailed explanation-2: -The focus is point inside the earth where the earthquake started, sometimes called the hypocenter, and the point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus is called the epicenter. There are two ways by which we can measure the strength of an earthquake: magnitude and intensity.

Detailed explanation-3: -The epicenter is the point on the earth’s surface directly above the focus. These two parts of an earthquake are located where seismic waves are originated which is produced every time an earthquake takes place. With this come the P wave and the S wave.

Detailed explanation-4: -The stress force called compression squeezes rock until it folds or breaks. One plate pushing against another can compress rock like a giant trash compactor. Any change in the volume or shape of Earth’s crust is called deformation.