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| Is the vibration produced by breaking rock |
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formed at a divergent boundary.
- plates pull apart |
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found at convergent boundary
- plates pus together |
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found at transform boundary
- plates slide past each other |
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| pressure wave generated by an earthquake |
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| point underground where earthquakes begin |
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| next fastest, underground |
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| slowest, travel on surface, most destructive |
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| Instrument used to measure earthquakes (size and location) |
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| measurement of earthquake magnitude |
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| When ground acts like a liquidduring an earthquake |
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| large wave caused by ean earthquake |
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| Where did the larges recent earthquake (over 4.5 on Richter scale) occur? |
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| How many earthquakes occur each year? |
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| How many earthquakes can we actually feel? |
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| What percent does that represent? |
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| Where was the largest earthquake ever recorded? |
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| Where in the world was the most deadliest earthquake? |
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