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Fynjy0 [20]
3 years ago
11

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

Geography
2 answers:
trasher [3.6K]3 years ago
7 0
Im pretty sure its a seismograph i think thats it
PolarNik [594]3 years ago
7 0
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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