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| The force that cause rocks on either side of a fault to slid past each other |
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| The force that squeeze rocks |
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| Forces inside of earth the cause rocks to be pulled apart |
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| Fault moving past each other with out much upword our down ward movement |
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| Break in a rock caused by tention forces where rock above the fault moves down relative to the rock below the fault surface. |
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| Break in rock caused by compressive forces where rock above fault surface moves upward realtive to the rock below the fault surface |
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| A surface along which rock will 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 more like a liquid during an earthquake |
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| instrument used to measure earthquakes waves and record the time each occurred |
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| In an earthquake, the point below Earth's surface where energy is released in the form of a seismic wave. |
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| Point on earth's surface directly above an earthquakes focus |
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| Wave generated by an earthquake |
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| Seismic ave that begins over an earthquake focus and can be higly destructive when it crashes on shore |
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