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Earth Science - Earthquakes

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This introductory lecture explains how earthquakes occur along faults and plate boundaries, then examines seismic waves, seismometers, earthquake location and magnitude, destruction, liquefaction, and tsunamis.

Syllabus

Intro
THE CAUSES OF EARTHQUAKES
CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES
TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARIES
SEISMOMETERS
P WAVES
SURFACE WAVES
THE SPEED AND SIZE OF SEISMIC WAVES
WAVE SPEED
FINDING THE DISTANCE TO A QUAKE
TRIANGULATION OF THE EARTHQUAKE
INTENSITY SCALES
RICHTER MAGNITUDE
THE RICHTER SCALE
EARTHQUAKE DESTRUCTION
LIQUEFACTION
TSUNAMIS

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