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| the force that causes a strike-slip-fault |
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| the force that forms the reverse fault |
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| the force that form the normal fault |
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| T/F- Strike-Slip faults are caused by the force shear |
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| break in rocks caused by tension forces where rock above the fault surface moves down |
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| break in rocks caused by compressive forces where rock above the fault surface moves up |
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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 the 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 register earthquake waves and record and the time that each arrived |
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| in an earthquake, the point below the earth's surface where energy is released in the form of seismic waves |
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| point on earth's surface directly 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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