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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 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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| Rocks on either side of the fault are moving past each other with much upward and downward movement. |
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| Rocks on either side of the fault are being pressed against each other. |
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| Rocks on either side of the fault get pulled away from each other. |
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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 the energy released during an earthquake. |
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| Occurs when wet soil acts more like liquid during 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 the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus. |
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| Wave generated by an earthquake. |
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| Seismic wave that begins over an earthquake focus and can be highly destructive when it crashes on shore. |
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