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| vibrations produced by the breaking of a rock |
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found on a divergent boundary
-plates pull apart |
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found at a convergent boundary
-plates push together |
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found at a transformation boundary
-plates slid past eachother |
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| Pressure wave generated by an earthquake |
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| Point underground where an earthquake begins |
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| Point on the Earth's surface right above the focus |
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| Next fastest, underground |
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| Slowest, travel on the 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 "liquid" during an earthquake |
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| Large wave caused by an earthquake |
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| True or False? A Normal Fault and a divergent boundary are related. |
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| True or False? Secondary waves are faster then Primary waves. |
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| True or False? Surface waves are stronger then Primary and Secondary waves. |
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| True or False? When the ground acts like "liquid" then it is called a Tsunami. |
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| Where did the largest 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 of them can actually be felt? |
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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 and when was the worlds most deadly earthquake? |
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| How many earthquakes that are a 10.0 recorded in a year? |
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