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    EarthquakeStudyGuide

    1. WhatisaPwaveandwhataresomeofitsproperties?Drawonebelow.

    2. WhatisanSwaveandwhataresomeofitsproperties?Drawonebelow.

    3. Whatisanormalfault?Drawonebelow.

    4. Whatisareverse/thrustfault?Drawonebelow.

    5. Whatisastrikeslipfault?Drawonebelow.

    6. Defineeachofthefollowingterms:foreshocksaftershock,mainshock.

    7. Describehowpotentialenergyisbuiltupandthe.Releasedduringanearthquake.

    8. Whatisthedifferencebetweenthehangingwallandthefootwall?

    9. Whatisthedifferencebetweenthefocusandtheepicenterofanearthquake?

    10. LookattheseismogramandtheSPwaveTravelTimecurveonthebackofthispage. Firstofall,whendoestheSwavearriveaccordingtotheseismogram?Secondofall, howfaristhelocationwherethatseismogramwastakenawayfromtheepicenterofthe earthquake?Whatadditionalinformationwouldyouneedtodeterminetheexactlocation oftheearthquakeepicenter?

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