EARTH SCIENCE
EARTHQUAKES
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Question
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What is the name of the instrument that measures movements in the ground during an earthquake and creates electric signals that can be read to determine an earthquake’s magnitude?
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Seismometer
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Seismic Station
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Seismogram
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Seismograph
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -seismograph, instrument that makes a record of seismic waves caused by an earthquake, explosion, or other Earth-shaking phenomenon.
Detailed explanation-2: -A seismograph or seismometer is the measuring instrument that creates the seismogram. Almost all seismometers are based on the principle of inertia, that is, where a suspended mass tends to remain still when the ground moves.
Detailed explanation-3: -Earthquake is measured by a device called seismometer.
Detailed explanation-4: -A device called a seismograph can be used to measure the magnitude of any earthquake.
Detailed explanation-5: -A seismograph is a machine which measures an earthquake.
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