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Techniques
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Seismographs
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What?
- seismic waves
- detects
- measures
- records
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types
- horizontal
- vertical
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Magnitude
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Richter scale
- log scale
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energy
- 30 fold increase
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Waves
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Primary (p)
- fast
- molten interior
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material
- compress
- expand
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causes
- vibrations
- back
- forth
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Secondary (s)
- medium speed
- solid rock
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vibrates
- right angles
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Surface
- Slowest
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material
- up
- down
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Locating epicentre
- Topic