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earthquake facts
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Geology
7th Grade
01/07/2013

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Compression
Definition
Force that squeeze rocks together
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Tension
Definition
Force that pulls rocks apart
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Shear
Definition
Force that causes rocks to slide past each other
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strike slip
Definition
rocks on either side of the fault slide past each other, liquefaction
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normal fault
Definition
the point at a fault when two surfaces spread apart to leave a gap
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reverse fault
Definition
When two surfaces go into eachother
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fault
Definition
an area at which a rock surface moves
Term
earthquake
Definition
the vibrations made by the breaking of rock
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magnitude
Definition
the intensity of an earthquake
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liquifaction
Definition
the point at which soil acts like a liquid during an earthquake and for some point after
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focus
Definition
a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity
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seismograph
Definition
any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.
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tsunami
Definition
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
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sesmic wave
Definition
a wave of energy in an earthquake which causes most of the damage and is ranked in classes
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