Typical costs: Sending $200-$300, a typical sum, within the United States costs about $8-$24 via Western Union , depending on whether the money is sent within minutes, the next day or in three bank business days. Wiring $400 will cost $20-$28, and $500 will cost $28-$40.
1. a measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake). Familiarity information: SEISMOGRAPH used as a noun is very rare.
Report Abuse. Seismometers (in Greek seismos = earthquake and metero = measure) are used by seismologists to measure and record the size and force of seismic waves. By studying seismic waves, geologists can map the interior of the Earth, and measure and locate earthquakes and other ground motions.est Answer: Seismographs and other kinds of seismometers, generally, although there is a pretty wide variety of those and how they function. The old fashioned kind have a weight suspended pendulum-style that remains stationary, and have a slowly rolling drum or roll of paper (usually) underneath the pendulum.