Seismic means caused by or relating to an earthquake. Earthquakes produce two types of seismic waves
Having to do with earth motion, as earthquakes A kind of sensor that depends upon the inertia of an internal mass to generate a signal, as an accelerometer or velocity pickup
Pertaining to earthquakes or earth vibrations, including those that are man-made, e g , explosions and underground nuclear blasts
A quantity used to determine the the size of an earthquake. Calculated either from a seismogram, or from the measurement of the area affected and the displacement of the rocks
An assessment of the probability that the social or economic consequences of an earthquake would exceed a specific value at a specific place and time; used in the planning of buildings etc
A seismic gap is a segment of an active geologic fault or subduction zone that has not slipped in an unusually long time; they are often considered susceptible to future strong earthquakes
A technique for determining the detailed structure of the rocks underlying a particular area by passing acoustic shock waves into the strata and detecting and measuring the reflected signals
An elastic wave generated by an impulse such as an earthquake or an explosion Seismic waves may travel either along or near the earth's surface ( Rayleigh and Love waves) or through the earth's interior (P and S waves)
Vibration generated by an earthquake, explosion, or similar phenomenon and propagated within the Earth or along its surface. Earthquakes generate two principal types of waves: body waves, which travel within the Earth, and surface waves, which travel along the surface. Seismograms (recorded traces of the amplitude and frequency of seismic waves) yield information about the Earth and its subsurface structure; artificially generated seismic waves are used in oil and gas prospecting
Seismic waves are vibrations caused by earthquakes that are picked up on machines called seismographs There are however two different types of seismic waves and they are pressure waves and shear waves Pressure waves are a lot like sound waves and shear waves have to have something with more of a substance like jelly instead of water so it can move it