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| SUDDEN SHIFTING OF ROCK AS TECTONIC PLATES SHIFT POSITIONS |
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| MAGMA FROM THE MANTLE EITHER FLOWS OR EXPLODES THROUGH THE CRUST |
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| HOW DO EARTHQUAKES CAUSE DAMAGE? |
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| WHEN THE PRESSURE THAT BUILDS UP ALONG A FAULT IS SUDDENLY RELEASED |
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| THE UNDERGROUND POINT WHERE THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURS. |
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| THE POINT ON EARTH'S SURFACE DIRECTLY OVER THE FOCUS. |
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| ENERGY FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IS CARRIED BY WAVES. THE WAVES SPREADOUT FROM THE EPICENTER. SOME WAVES CAUSE THE GROUND TO MOVE UP AND DOWN OR IN A CIRCULAR MOTION. |
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| WHERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR? |
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| WHERE HAS ALL THE MAJOR EARTHQUAKES OCCURRED IN THE UNITED STATES? |
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| ON WHAT PLATE BOUNDARIES ARE CALIFORNIA AND ALASKA LOCATED IN? |
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| THE PACIFIC PLATE AND NORTH AMERICAN PLATE |
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| WHAT IS THE MAGNITUDE OF AN EARTH QUAKE? |
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| THE STRENGTH OF AN EARTHQUAKE. AN EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE SCALE IS A SERIES OF NUMBERS. THE NUMBER SHOWS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ENERGY RELEASED. |
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| WHAT IS THE RICHTER SCALE? |
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| IT IS A SCALE THAT MEASURES THE MAGNITUDE OF AN EARTHQUAKE |
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| WHAT DETERMINES THE EFFECT AN EARTHQUAKE WILL HAVE? |
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| THE EFFECT OF AN EARTHQUAKE DEPENDS ON MANY FACTORS, INCLUDING THE SIZE OF THE EARTHQAUKE, ITS DISTANCE FROM THE EPICENTER, THE KIND OF ROCK IN THE AREA, AND THE TYPES OF BUILDINGS THERE. |
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