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Earthquakes can be detected through the use of an instrument called a seismograph that can record seismic activity on a seismogram, which is a paper or digital record of seismic waves and their intens

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A seismogram is a record of the ground motions caused by seismic waves from an earthquake. A seismograph or seismometer is the measuring instrument that creates the seismogram. Almost all seismometers are based on the principle of inertia, that is, where a suspended mass tends to remain still when the ground moves.

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