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Earthquakes

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secondary fault primary transform

convergent faults surface aftershocks

ten divergent energy epicenter

seismograph vibrations seismic focus

Richter earthquake
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Most earthquakes occur along ____

5. lines, or lines where tectonic
plates meet.

The ____ or P waves of an earthquake

are back-and-forth vibrations. A
6. person who experiences an
earthquake will feel this wave
first.

At a ____ fault boundary, two

7. plates move past and away from each
other.

At a ____ boundary, plates move

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Down towards each other.

The ____ or S waves of an earthquake The cracks or breaks in the earth's

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are side-to-side vibrations. crust. This is where the plates
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that make up the earth's crust rub
An earthquake rated as 4 on the
against each other.
2. Richter scale is ___ times as
powerful as one rated a 3. The ____ or L waves of an
10. earthquake travel on Earth's
An earthquake releases energy in
3. surface.
the form of ____ waves.
11. These often follow an earthquake.
The point underground at which an
4.
earthquake starts. At a ____ boundary, plates move
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away from each other.

This moves, in the form of

13. vibrations, in all directions
from the focus of an earthquake.

The point on the surface of the

14. earth directly above the focus of
an earthquake.

An instrument that detects and

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records earthquake vibrations.

The form of energy released by

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earthquakes.

17. A scale that usually ranges from

1 to 9. This scale is used to
 indicate the amount of energy an
earthquake releases.

A sudden shift or movement of the

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earth's crust.