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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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| A fault where rocks slide past each other by shear forces |
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| A fault where rocks are pulled apart by tentional forces |
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| A fault where rocks are pushed together by compressionforces |
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| Surface along which rocks move when they pass their elastic limit and break |
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| Vibrations produced when rocks break along a fault |
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| Measure of energy released during an earthquake |
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| Occurs when wet soil acts more like a liquid durring an earthquake |
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| Instrument used to register earthquake waves and record the time that each arrived |
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| In an earthquake, the point below Earth's surface where energy is released in the form of seismic waves |
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| Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus |
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| Wave generated by an earthquake |
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| Seismic sea wave that begins over an earthquake focus and can be highly destructive when it crashes on shore |
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