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| vibrations caused by breaking rock |
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| found at a divergent boundary -plates pull apart |
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| found at convergent boundary -plates push together |
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| found at a transform boundary -plates slide past eachother |
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| pressure waves generated by an earthquake |
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| point underground where earthquakes begin |
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| point on earths surface right above the focus |
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| fastest type of waves underground |
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| second fastest wave underground |
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| slowest waves travel on surface cause most damage |
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| instrument used to measure earthquakes size and destructive |
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| measurement of earthquake magnitude |
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| when the ground acts like a liquid during an earthquake |
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| large wave caused by an earthquake |
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A surface wave is the most destructive
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| type of fault found at a divergent boundary |
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| type of fualt found at a tranform boundary |
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