UNIVERSE
PLANETARY INTERIORS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the location where seismic waves are recorded on a seismograph
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a seismic wave that travels along the surface of Earth
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the point on Earth’s surface directly above where the earthquake took place in the crust
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the last place that motion in an earthquake is detected
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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. These are smaller earthquakes that happen in the same place as the larger earthquake that follows.
Detailed explanation-2: -The epicenter, epicentre or epicentrum is the point on the Earth’s surface that is directly above the hypocenter or focus, the point where an earthquake or underground explosion originates.
Detailed explanation-3: -Focus is the place where an earthquake originates the focus is also called the hypocenter of an earthquake.
Detailed explanation-4: -The answer is epicenter. The epicenter tells the place on the Earth’s surface that is directly above the focus of the earthquake. It is the point where the impact of the earthquake is at the strongest.