A(n) ______ is an instrument used to detect and measure earthquakes.

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2 answers:

trasher [3.6K]4 years ago

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Im pretty sure its a seismograph i think thats it

PolarNik [594]4 years ago

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Seismograph. When the earth shakes, so does the detector in the seismograph. That wiggles a pen which causes a wavey line as the shocks pass through the detector.
GPS is global POSITIONING SYSTEM - maybe when there's a quake it might be picked up by a gps as a small change in the positions of things.
anemometers measure fluid flow, such as air wind speeds etc.
a volcanometer measures volcanoes ?????

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