Exam 8: A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes

At any point along the surface of an oblique (nonvertical)fault,the ____________.

If a fault is nearly vertical in orientation and the two walls of rock on opposite sides slide past one another horizontally,the fault is termed ____________.

An earthquake occurs with an epicenter in the town of New Madrid,Missouri,in the interior of the North American Plate.Where might the hypocenter of this earthquake plausibly be found?

The intersection between a fault plane and the ground surface is called the ____________.

Virtually all of the deaths attributed to major earthquakes have resulted from the collapse of buildings.

A primary force opposing motion on all faults is ____________.

If,during an earthquake,a hanging wall slides upward relative to a footwall,the fault is termed ____________ if the fault is shallow (much closer to horizontal than vertical).

Which earthquake intensity scale assesses the effects of an earthquake on humans and human-made structures?

Earthquakes are likely to occur along ____________.

How many seismic stations are necessary to find the epicenter of an earthquake?

Short-term predictions of earthquake behavior ____________.

The greatest earthquake ever recorded by seismographs occurred in 1960 in Chile and measured ____________ on the moment-magnitude scale.

Earthquakes that occur in a band called a ____________ can be used to track the motion of subducted oceanic lithosphere.

A surface along which rock on opposed sides is offset by earthquake-induced slip is called a ____________.

Intermediate and deep earthquakes occur along ____________.

Body waves include ____________.

Which earthquake severity scale takes into account the type of rock that has been fractured?

Long-term prediction of earthquake behavior ____________.

The point on Earth's surface directly above the point where an earthquake occurs is termed the ____________.

Which earthquake severity scale varies from locality to locality for a single earthquake?