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Geographic delineation of areas having different potential for hazardous effects of earthquakes.
Industry:Natural environment
An area within which the seismic-design requirements are constant.
Industry:Natural environment
An instrument for amplifying and recording the motions of the earth caused by seismic waves.
Industry:Natural environment
Scientists who study earthquakes and their causes and results.
Industry:Natural environment
The study of earthquakes, earthquake sources, and the propagation of seismic waves.
Industry:Natural environment
The sensor that detects the seismic wave energy and transform it into an electric voltage.
Industry:Natural environment
A geographic area characterised by similar geology and earthquake characteristics.
Industry:Natural environment
The ratio of shear stress to shear strain of a material during simple shear.
Industry:Natural environment
Waves that radiate out from an earthquake’s epicentre rocking from side to side at a fast pace.
Industry:Natural environment
The waves of energy that are produced underground as rocks snap; when they reach the surface they cause violent shaking.
Industry:Natural environment
