Question

What is the name given to instruments that sense earthquake waves and transmit them to a recording device?

Answer 1

Answer:

seismograph or seismometer.

Explanation:

Seismograph is an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes.

It has a mass attached to a fixed base. During an earthquake, the base moves and the mass does not. The motion of the base with respect to the mass is commonly transformed into an electrical voltage. The electrical voltage is recorded. This record is proportional to the motion of the seismometer mass relative to the earth, but it can be mathematically converted to a record of the absolute motion of the ground.