Quizzes and Games – Quake Shake

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How do earthquakes occur?

Earthquakes occur during hot and dry weather dates

Rocks move against each other

Strong wind causing shaking

Tsunamis causing shaking after they hit the coastline

Which tool do scientists use to measure earthquakes?

Thermometer

Barometer

Seismometer

Ruler

Earthquakes occur along?

Bedding planes

Fault scarp

Joints

Geological faults

What is the Epicentre of an earthquake?

The location below the earth’s surface where the earthquake starts

Smaller earthquakes that happen in the same place as the larger earthquake that follows

The waves produced when some form of energy stored in Earth’s crust is suddenly released

This is the point directly above the earthquakes Focus/Hypocenter on the Earth’s surface. The epicenter is the location of the most intense shaking and damage during an earthquake.

What are seismic waves?

Tidal waves

The sudden release of energy from an earthquake produces seismic waves which radiate in all directions and travel around the Earth

Ocean wave produced due to tectonic uplift

A wave produced by dropping a rock into a pond

In which Ocean do most Global Earthquakes Occur?

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Southern Ocean

What is the source of an earthquake?

The location where the most intense shaking and damage occurs during an earthquake

Waves which radiate in all directions and travel around the Earth

The fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock

The point within the Earth where the seismic energy is released.

Do earthquakes occur in Ireland?

Absolutely not, we never have earthquakes occurring in Ireland, we are located too far from tectonic plates

We measure earthquakes from other countries but not earthquakes with a source in Ireland

Every 50 years

Yes, Ireland experiences occasional earthquakes

The strongest magnitude historical earthquake occurred where?

Chile 1960

San Francisco 1989

Lisbon 1755

Japan 2011

What was the magnitude of the Turkish 2023 earthquake?

4.0

7.8

7.0

10.0

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