Finding the Epicenter

Waves that travel below the surface of the Earth

• Seismic waves

• Body waves

• Surface waves

• Pabebe wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

During earthquake, we hear sounds coming from the ground. These sound waves are actually the ______.

• S-waves

• A-waves

• L-waves

• P-waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The ________ move as transverse waves and force the ground to sway from side to side, in rolling motion that shakes the ground back and forth perpendicular to the direction of wave motion.

• Love waves

• Rayleigh waves

• S-waves

• P-waves

Seismic waves that are confined to the outer layer of the Earth

• Surface waves

• Body waves

• P-waves

• S-waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

This wave moves the ground in a side-to-side horizontal motion like that of a snake’s.

• P-wave

• S-wave

• Love wave

• Rayleigh wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

This wave, also called ground roll, causes rock to move forward, up, backward, and down in a path that contains the direction of the wave travel.

• P=wave

• S-wave

• Love wave

• Rayleigh wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Location above the focus of an earthquake where extreme ground shaking can be observed

• Hypocenter

• Epicenter

• Plate

• Fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A method used by seismologists wherein data from three recording stations are gathered to determine the epicenter of an earthquake

• Triangulation method

• Pythagorean theorem

• Circulation method

• Square method

The fastest of all seismic waves

• Love waves

• Rayleigh waves

• S-waves

• P=waves

The most destructive of all seismic waves

• Love waves

• Rayleigh waves

• p-waves

• s-waves

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1