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| The force that causes rocks on either side of a fault to slide past each other |
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| the force that squeezes rocks together |
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| the force that pulls rocks apart |
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| when rocks on either side of the fault are moving past each other without much upward or downward movment |
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| when rock above the fault surface moves downward in relation to rock below the fault surface |
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| when rock breaks from force pushing from opposite directions and the rock above the fault surface is forced up |
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| surface along which rock moves when they pass their elastic limit and break |
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| when vibrations are produced by the breaking of rock |
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| measure of the energy released during an earthquake |
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| occurs when wet soil acts more like a liquid during an earthquake |
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| Instrment used to register earthquake waves and record the time that each arrived |
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| in an earthquake, the point below Earths surface where energy is released in the form of sesmic waves |
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| point on earths surface directly above an earthquakes focus |
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| wave genertaed by an eathquake |
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| sesmic wave that begins over an earthquake focus and can be highly destructive when it crashes on shore |
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