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| The force in a strike-slip fault |
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| Forces that squeeze objects together |
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| Forces that pull apart, and can stretch Earth's crust |
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| Break in rock caused by shear forces,where rocks move past each other without much verticle movment |
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| Break in rock caused by tension forces where rock above the fault surface moves down relative to the rock below the surface |
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| Break in rock cause by compressive forces where rock above the fault surface moves upward relative to the rock below the fault surface |
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| Surface along which rocks move when they pass there elastic limit and break |
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| Vibration produced when rocks break along the fault |
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| Measure of energy released during an earthquake |
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| Occurs when wet soil acts more like liquid during a earthquake |
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| is an earthquake, the point below Earth's surface where energy is released in the form of seismic waves |
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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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| point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus |
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| wave generated by an earthquake |
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| instrument used to register earthquake waves and record the time that each arrived |
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