- of
earthquake environmental effects such as
tsunamis as well as
diverse seismic sources such as volcanic, tectonic, glacial, fluvial,
oceanic microseism...
-
seismic energy release per unit volume. In its most
general sense, the word
earthquake is used to
describe any
seismic event that
generates seismic waves...
- A
seismic wave is a
mechanical wave of
acoustic energy that
travels through the
Earth or
another planetary body. It can
result from an
earthquake (or...
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Seismic magnitude scales are used to
describe the
overall strength or "size" of an earthquake.
These are
distinguished from
seismic intensity scales that...
- The New
Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) (/ˈmædrɪd/),
sometimes called the New
Madrid Fault Line, is a
major seismic zone and a
prolific source of intraplate...
- interchangeably. The term
seismic sea wave is also used to
refer to the
phenomenon because the
waves most
often are
generated by
seismic activity such as earthquakes...
- region's
seismic activity. The term was
coined by Beno
Gutenberg and
Charles Francis Richter in 1941.
Seismicity is
studied by geophysicists.
Seismicity is...
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Seismic moment is a
quantity used by
seismologists to
measure the size of an earthquake. The
scalar seismic moment M0{\displaystyle M_{0}} is defined...
- In seismology, a
seismic zone or
seismic belt is an area of
seismicity potentially sharing a
common cause. It may also be a
region on a map for which...
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reflected seismic waves. The
method requires a
controlled seismic source of energy, such as
dynamite or
Tovex blast, a
specialized air gun or a
seismic vibrator...