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| Force that squeeze rocks together |
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| Force that pulls rocks apart |
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| Force that causes rocks to slide past each other |
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| rocks on either side of the fault slide past each other, liquefaction |
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| the point at a fault when two surfaces spread apart to leave a gap |
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| When two surfaces go into eachother |
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| an area at which a rock surface moves |
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| the vibrations made by the breaking of rock |
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| the intensity of an earthquake |
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| the point at which soil acts like a liquid during an earthquake and for some point after |
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| a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity |
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| any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes. |
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| an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption. |
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| a wave of energy in an earthquake which causes most of the damage and is ranked in classes |
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