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| Shear is the force that causes rocks on either side of a fault to slide past each other. |
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| A force that squeezes rocks toghther. |
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| The force that causes rocks on either side of a fault to slide past each other. |
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| Rock on either side of the fault are moving past each other without much upward or downward movement. |
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| Rock above the fault surface move downward in relation to the rock below the fault surface. |
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| Break in rock caused 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 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 a 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 Eath's surface directly above an earthquake's focus. |
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| Wave generated by an earthquake. |
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| Seicmic sea wave that begins over an earthquake focus and can be highly destructive when it crashes on shore. |
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