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| force that occurs at a strike slip fault |
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| force that occurs at a reverse fault |
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| force that occurs at a normal fault |
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| break in rock caused by shear force where rocks move past each other without much vertacal movement |
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| break in rock caused by tension forces where rock above the faults surface moves down relative to the rock below the rocks surface |
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| break in rock caused by compression forces where rock above the faults surface moves upward relative to the rock elow the rocks surface |
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| surface along which rocks move when they pass their elastic limit and break |
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| vibration producedwhen rocks break along a fault |
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| measure of the energy released during an earthquake |
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| ocurrs when wet soil acts like a liquid during an earthquake |
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| instrument used to register earthquake wave and record the times that each arrived |
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