What is happening during earthuake?
An earthquake is caused by a sudden
EARTHQUAKE
By :
Jillian Panimdim
Victoria Acebedo
Types of Waves and
when it arrived
P-waves
P waves are the fastest
seismic waves of all and
are thus called Primary
ones. P waves grow or
travel at a speed of 5
kilometers per sec
through the earth’s crust.
P waves are the first ones
to reach any particular
location or point when an
earthquake occurs. The
waves have a tendency to
flow through all three i.e.,
solids, liquids, and gases.
The materials that they
flow through experience a
force or energy that
slightly pulls them apart
and pushes them
together. The same
energy is experienced by a
building when an
earthquake occurs.
slip on a fault. The tectonic plates
are always slowly moving, but they
get stuck at their edges due to
friction. When the stress on the edge
overcomes the friction, there is an
earthquake that releases energy in
waves that travel through the earth's
crust and cause the shaking that we
feel.
S-waves The location of the
S waves are the second- epicenter is determined
fastest seismic waves and using P-wave andS-
waves. A P-wave is
are thus called
Secondary. The speed at compression wave, it
which the S waves travel passes through all states
is almost half the speed of matter and it is
of Primary Waves. S thereforethe fastest and
first to be recorded S-
waves are the ones to
waves are referred to as
reach any location after
shear waves are they are
the primary waves when
muchslower. A
an earthquake occurs.
seismograph is a device
Unlike Primary Waves,
that is used to detect and
Secondary Waves make
record the vibrations of
the material go through earth groundduring the
an up and down shaking earthquake. Lag time is
movement from the sides the difference of arrival
when it flows through time of the two seismic
them. Unlike P waves, S waves.
waves can travel through
rocks only.
September 10, 2022