Aseismograph located near the san andreas fault detects two earthquakes. one earthquake is very strong, the other is relatively weak. how will the seismographs produced during the two earthquakes compare?

During an earthquake or any ground movement, a seismograph would produce an output called seismogram in which we could see the recording of the motion of the ground in the three Cartesian axes (x, y, and z). A seismograph has a special device called seismometer that is extremely sensitive to up and down motions of the earth and this device can be understood by visualizing a weight hanging on a spring.

Since two earthquakes are producing different relative strength, therefore the correct answer to this would be:

“The seismograms produced during the two earthquakes will be very different. The stronger one will have a larger amplitude than the weaker one.”