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| The force that creates or causes a strike slip fault |
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| The force made by revese faults, it squeezes rocks |
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| The force made by normal faults, it pulls rocks apart |
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| A transform boundary, rocks move in opposite directions |
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| A divergent baondary, rocks are pulled apart |
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| A convergent boundary, rocks are squeezed together |
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| surfaces where rocks break and move along the surface |
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| vibrations produced by the breaking of rock. |
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| the measurement of how great an earthquake is |
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| the in which soil acts like a liquid |
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| an instrument used to measure seismic waves |
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| the point where an energy release occurs |
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| the point on earth's surface above the earthquake's focus |
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| waves that are generated by earthquakes |
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| an unusually large sea wave produced by an earthquake or undersea eruption. |
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