• Question: what is seismologist?

    Asked by anon-332691 to Jessica on 14 Oct 2022.
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      Jessica Irving answered on 14 Oct 2022:


      Hello! Seismology means studying earthquakes and the shaking (waves) they make. A seismologist is someone who does this. Seismologists think about where and why earthquakes happen, and use the waves from earthquakes to understand what’s happening inside the Earth, below the surface. Some seismologists, like me, use quakes on Mars (called marsquakes!) to try to solve the same puzzles for Mars.

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