Earthquake Hazards Quiz

It is a tool which shows the areas where specific earthquake hazards are likely to happen and the severity of the expected impact such areas will experience.

• early warning device

• earthquake hazard detector

• hazard map

• seismograph

Areas exposed to a Valley Fault System are at high risk of which earthquake hazard?

• ground discoloration

• ground rupture

• sinkhole

• tsunami

It is produced by sudden movement along the Earth’s faults and plate boundaries.

• quibolic earthquake

• tectonic earthquake

• tsunamic earthquake

• volcanic earthquake

It is the perceived strength of an earthquake based on relative effect to people and structures; generally higher near the epicenter.

• intensity

• level

• magnitude

• strength

__________ takes place when loosely packed, water-logged sediments at or near ground surface lose their strength in response to strong ground shaking.

• Ground rupture

• Landslide

• Liquefaction

• Tsunami

___________ is the perceptible shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves.

• Earthquake

• Landslide

• Sinkhole

• Tsunami

It refers to the disruptive up-down and sideways motion experienced during an earthquake.

• ground rupture

• ground shaking

• liquefaction

• tsunami

It is the production a series of giant waves greater than 5 meters as a result of under-the-sea geological processes.

• surfing waves

• tidal wave

• tsunami

• wave

It is produced by movement of magma beneath.

• laharic earthquake

• seismic earthquake

• tectonic earthquake

• volcanic earthquake

A __________ is a fracture on which one body of rocks slide past another.

• bedrock

• fault

• magma

• sinkhole