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Earthquake Image Glossary

 


Glossary of earthquake terms

 

high,med,low amplitude
(Image courtesy of www.thinkquest.org)

record with amplitude labeled
(Image courtesy of Calstate Hayward)

Amplitude
The amplitude is the size of the wiggles on an earthquake recording.
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