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| break in rock created by comppresive forces, where rock above the fault surface moves upward reative to the rock above the fault surface |
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| fault surface along which rocks move when they pass there elastic limit |
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| vibrations produced when rocks break along a fault |
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| measure of energy released during an earthquake |
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| occurs when wet soil acts more like a liquid during an earthquake |
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| is an earthquake, the point below Earth's surface where energy is released in the form of seismic waves |
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| point on the earth's surface directly above a earthquakes focus |
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| wave generated by a earthquake |
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| seismic sea wave that begins over a earthquake focus and can be highly destructive when it crashes on shore |
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