Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

I was a bit confused on what i should exactly do for a science fair project. I was interested in doing a project about earthquakes. For example, testing the directly linking of longitude waves in soil to the strength of an earthquake, However, i am not sure how to turn that question into an experiment. Please help as soon as possible.

Hi there,

There is a previous experiment about testing Longitudinal Waves in Different Soil Types on ScienceBuddies. You can refer to it here: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... soil-types

Also, there is some information about how to measure the strength of earthquake:
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/eqscience.php
https://www.shakeout.org/downloads/Shak ... nitude.pdf

The next step is to find out if there is any way we can combine the two experiments to determine the relationship between Longitudinal Waves and the strength of earthquake.

Hope it helps. Let us know if you have any question.

Elise