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| when rocks break they move along this |
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| vibrations produced by breaking rocks |
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| caused by rock above the fault moving downward in relation to the rock below the fault |
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| COMPRESSION FORCES SQUEEZE ROCK ABOVE THE FAULT UP AND OVER THE ROCK BELOW THE FAULT |
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| CREATED BY SHEAR FCORCES, ROCKS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FAULT MOVE PAST EACH OTHER WITHOUT MUCH UPWARD OR DOWNWARD MOTION |
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| WAVES GENERATED BY AN EARTHQUAKE CAN MOVE THE GROUND FORWARD AND BACKWRD, UP AND DOWN , AND SIDE TO SIDE |
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| AN EARTHQUAKES POINT OF ENERGY RELEASE |
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| CAUSE PARTICLES IN ROCKS TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH IN THE SAME DIRECTION THE WVE IS TRAVELING |
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| CAUSE PARTICLES IN ROCK TO MOVE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE DIRECTION OF WAVE TRAVEL |
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| MOVE ROCK PARTICLES IN A BACKWARD, ROLLING MOTION AND A SIDE WAYS SWAYING MOTION |
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| THE POINT ON EARTHS SURFACE DIRECTLY ABOVE THE EARTHQUAKE FOCUS |
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| DEVICE USED TO MEASURE SEISMIC WAVES |
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