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| Forces that pushes plates appart. |
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| Forces that breaks plates. |
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| Forces that pull to plates apart. |
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| Rocks on either side of the fault movinge past each other upward or downward. Caused by shear. |
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| Rock above the surface moves downward in relation to the rock below the fault surface. caused by compression. |
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| Surface is forced up and over the rock below the fault surface. Caused by tension. |
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| Surface of where broken rocks move eachother upon surfaces. |
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| The vibration produced by the breaking of rocks. |
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| The intensity of an earthquake. |
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| When soil acts as a liquid during an earthquake. |
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| Registers seismic waves and records the times when each arrived. |
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| Sudden movement along a fault that releases energy which causes an earthquake. |
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| The point on the earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus. |
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| Generated by an earthquake and travel through earth. |
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| A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance. |
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