{"id":383,"date":"2017-10-20T09:58:48","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T07:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erdbebenwarte.de\/relaunch\/?page_id=383"},"modified":"2019-06-25T12:50:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T10:50:59","slug":"seismologie-geophysik","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.erdbebenwarte.de\/en\/seismologie-geophysik\/","title":{"rendered":"Seismology &#038; Geophysics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1561459850156{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;385&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1561459857338{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; color_style=&#8221;light&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1510742376367{margin-left: -15px !important;padding-bottom: 7px !important;background-color: #58749f !important;}&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"csc-header csc-header-n1\">\n<h1><a name=\"_Toc368145306\"><\/a>Seismology and geophysics<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-ta tw-text-medium\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"\u00dcbersetzung\"><span lang=\"en\">a few background information<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;submenu-erdbebenwarte&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Seismology &amp; Geophysics<\/h3>\n<h1><a name=\"_Toc368145306\"><\/a>Seismology and geophysics<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Seismology (from Ancient Greek \u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03cc\u03c2 seism\u00f3s meaning &#8216;earthquake&#8217; and logos meaning &#8216;study of&#8217;)\u00a0is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of seismic waves through solid bodies. As a branch of geophysics, it is the most important method to explore the Earth&#8217;s interior.<\/p>\n<h2>Seismics<\/h2>\n<p>By contrast, the closely related field of seismics explores the Earth&#8217;s interior by means of artificially generated seismic waves and is a branch of applied geophysics. (Source: Wikipedia)<\/p>\n<h2>Seismology and Earthquake Station<\/h2>\n<p>The Wiechert Earthquake Station \u2013 within the Chair of Geophysics \u2013 substantially contributed to seismological research. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erdbebenwarte.de\/en\/seismik-erdbebenwarte\/\">continue<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Earthquakes<\/h2>\n<p>Earthquakes are caused by mass displacements and usually occur as tectonic quakes as a result of displacements along fault lines in the Earth&#8217;s crust. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erdbebenwarte.de\/en\/erdbeben\/\">continue<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Structure of the Earth<\/h2>\n<p>Our Earth is made up of several shells: core, mantle and crust. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erdbebenwarte.de\/en\/aufbau-der-erde\/\">continue<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2410&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1561459850156{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;385&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1561459857338{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; color_style=&#8221;light&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1510742376367{margin-left: -15px !important;padding-bottom: 7px !important;background-color: #58749f !important;}&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_column_text] Seismology and geophysics a few background information [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;submenu-erdbebenwarte&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Seismology &amp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-383","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.erdbebenwarte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.erdbebenwarte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.erdbebenwarte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.erdbebenwarte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.erdbebenwarte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.erdbebenwarte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2755,"href":"https:\/\/www.erdbebenwarte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/383\/revisions\/2755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.erdbebenwarte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}