Exam 6: Earthquakes

________ involves the study of past earthquake history from trenches along faults.

Tsunamis can cause damage thousands of miles from their source.

Tectonic creep is the major cause of earthquakes in coastal California.

Ground rupture occurs during an earthquake as

A(n) ________ fault is a type of reverse fault with a gentle angle of dip.

Buried faults are typically associated with folds in sedimentary rocks.

A 2010 earthquake in ________ caused hundreds of thousands of deaths.

During the strain accumulation phase of the earthquake cycle

Tsunamis are only a hazard near their source.

The major goal of the U.S. earthquake hazard reduction program is to

P-waves travel faster than surface waves.

Scientists in the country of ________ issued the first successful short-term earthquake prediction in 1975.

Surface waves are produced by

Depth of focus is an important factor in determining the intensity.

A(n) ________ is an area along an active fault zone that is likely to produce large earthquakes, but has not done so recently.

The New Madrid and Charleston earthquakes were ________ earthquakes.

All earthquakes in the United States occur at plate boundaries.

How can injection of liquid wastes cause earthquakes?

On what basis are Mercalli intensity values assigned to locations?

Shake maps are used to predict where shaking is likely to occur in a future earthquake.