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| the surface rocks move on when they break |
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| vibrations produced by the breaking of rocks |
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| rock above the fault surface moves downward in relation to the rock below the fault surface |
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| forces are forced up and over the rock below the fault surface |
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| rocks on either side of the fault are moving past each other with out much upward or downward movement. |
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| pressure wave generated by an earthquake |
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| point underground where earthquake begins |
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| point on earths surface right above the focus |
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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 earthquakes magnitude |
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| when ground act likes "liquid" during an earthquake |
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| large wave caused by earthquake |
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| What is the slowest type of seizmic waves |
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| What is the stregth of an earthqauke |
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| True of False, A normal fault is found at a divergent boundary |
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| place where a rock breaks |
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| largest recent earthquake over 4.5 |
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| number of earthquakes each year |
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| what percentage does that represent |
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| were was the largest earthquake ever recorded |
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| were was the worlds most deadliest earthquakes |
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