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Earthquake Vocabulary

Earthquake Vocabulary. Earthquake Vibrations in the earth caused by the sudden release of energy, usually a result of the movement of rocks along a fault. Fault A fracture in bedrock, along which the opposite sides of the fracture move in opposite directions.

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Earthquake Vocabulary

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  1. Earthquake Vocabulary

  2. EarthquakeVibrations in the earth caused by the sudden release of energy, usually a result of the movement of rocks along a fault.

  3. FaultA fracture in bedrock, along which the opposite sides of the fracture move in opposite directions.

  4. Focus The location where the rupture of an earthquake begins and energy is released. This happens below the earth’s surface.

  5. EpicenterThe point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus of an earthquake.

  6. AftershockAn earthquake that follows the main shock of an earthquake.

  7. SeismographThe instrument that detects, records, and measures the vibrations produced by an earthquake.

  8. SeismogramThe record made by a seismograph; the paper on which earthquake waves are recorded.

  9. Richter ScaleThe scale used to categorize the intensity of earthquakes

  10. Plate TectonicsA theory stating that the earth’s surface is broken into plates that move.

  11. PlateA large section of the earth’s surface made of the crust and the rigid top part of the mantle.

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