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| The force that causes rocks on either side of a fault to slide past each other. |
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| The force that squeezes rock together. |
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| The force that pulls rock apart |
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| Rocks on either side of the fault are moving past each other with out much upward or downward movement. |
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| Rock above the fault surface moves downward in relation to rock below the fault surface. |
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| Rock above the surface is forced up and over the rock below the fault surface. |
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| Surface along which rocks move when they pass their elastic limit and break. |
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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 move like a liquid during an earthquake. |
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| instrument used to register earthquake waves and record the time each arrive. |
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| In an earthquake, the point below Earth's surface where energy is released in the form of seismic waves. |
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| Point on Earth's surface direlty above an earthquake's focus. |
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| Wave generated by an earthquake. |
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| Seismic sea wave that begins over an earthquake focus and can be highly destructive when it crashes on shore. |
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