earthquake seismology

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• Seismology — (from Greek gr. σεισμός, seismos , earthquake ; and gr. λογία, logia ) is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth. The field also includes studies of earthquake effects, such as tsunamis as well… …   Wikipedia

• Earthquake engineering — is the study of the behavior of buildings and structures subject to seismic loading. It is a subset of both structural and civil engineering.The main objectives of earthquake engineering are: * Understand the interaction between buildings or… …   Wikipedia

• Earthquake cloud — Earthquake clouds are clouds claimed to be signs of imminent earthquakes. The analyses of earthquake clouds as a form of earthquake prediction are generally not accepted by seismologists and other scientists.In chapter 32 of his work Brihat… …   Wikipedia

• EARTHQUAKE — EARTHQUAKE, ground vibrations produced generally by a sudden subterranean occurrence. Accounts of destructive earthquakes extend far into antiquity. In biblical times earthquakes, like thunder and other natural cataclysms, were regarded as… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo — Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo(ERI; 東京大学地震研究所 Tokyo Daigaku Jishin Kenkyu jo ) is the institute in affiliation with University of Tokyo. It was founded in 1925. Many fellows research on various topics about Seismology and… …   Wikipedia

• Seismology — Seis*mol o*gy, n. [Gr. ??? an earthquake + logy.] The science of earthquakes. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• earthquake — /errth kwayk /, n. 1. a series of vibrations induced in the earth s crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating. 2. something that is severely disruptive; upheaval. [1300 50; ME erthequake …   Universalium

• Earthquake — For other uses, see Earthquake (disambiguation). Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 …   Wikipedia

• Seismology of the Sanriku coast — The nihongo|Sanriku coast|三陸海岸|Sanriku kaigan of Japan has had significant seismic activity. A major earthquake in the nineteenth century caused more than 20,000 deaths, and another in the twentieth century caused thousands more. Seismic activity …   Wikipedia

• Earthquake location — The primary purpose of a seismometer is to locate the initiating points of earthquake hypocenters. The secondary purpose, of determining the size or Moment magnitude scale must be calculated after the precise location is known.The earliest… …   Wikipedia

• earthquake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tremor, seism, quake, shock. See violence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. quake, tremor, temblor, tremblor, trembler, earthquake shock, shock, fault, slip, movement of the earth s surface, movement of the… …   English dictionary for students