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Focal mechanism, a Common card
The focal mechanism of an earthquake describes the deformation in the source region that generates the seismic waves.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 56
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 96
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,500
Power 96 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Focal mechanism quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Focal mechanism card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The focal mechanism can be derived from observing the ______ of "first motions", whether the first arriving P waves break up or down.
Answer
pattern. The focal mechanism can be derived from observing the pattern of "first motions", whether the first arriving P waves break up or down. From the Focal mechanism article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bukit Bendera. Bukit Bendera 66 · Focal mechanism 56 · Fernandina Island 52 · Republic Plaza 46 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In the case of a fault-related event, it refers to the orientation of the fault plane that slipped, and the slip vector and is also known as a fault-plane solution.
- Focal mechanisms are derived from a solution of the moment tensor for the earthquake, which itself is estimated by an analysis of observed seismic waveforms.
- The focal mechanism can be derived from observing the pattern of "first motions", whether the first arriving P waves break up or down.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Focal mechanism article was read about 9,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 56 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Focal mechanism (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mikenorton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
