Guide Questions:
1. Where is the epicenter of the
earthquake?
2. How many individuals are affected
by the earthquakes?
3. Discuss how devastating a 7.7-
magnitude earthquake is.
4. When an earthquake occurs, where
would shaking be greater? Near the
epicenter or away from the epicenter?
5. Where would damage be more?
Near the epicenter or away from the
epicenter?
6. Where would the intensity be
higher? Near to the epicenter or away
Answers & Comments
Answer:
1. answer: the epicenter is the point of the earth's surface vertically above the hypocenter (of focus) point in the crust where a seismic rupture begins..