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a fault is a place where a rock breaks |
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vibrations caused by breaking rocks |
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plates pull apart at a divergent boundary |
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plates push together found at a convergent boundary |
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plates slipe past eachother found at transform boundary |
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pressure wave generated by an earthquake |
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point underground where earthquake begins |
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point on earths surface right above the focus |
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next fasted also underground |
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slowest travel on surface, most distructive |
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instrument usedx to measure earthquakes, size and location |
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measurement of earthquake magnitude |
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when the ground acts like a liquid during an earthquake |
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large wave caused by an earthquake |
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largest recent earthquake |
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how many earthquakes occur each year |
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how many of them can alctually be felt |
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largest earthquake everrecorded |
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most deadly earthquake was where |
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