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| a type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground | P wave
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| a type of seismic wave that moves the ground up and down and side to side | S wave
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| a type of seismic wave that forms when P and S waves reach Earth's surface | surface wave
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| a scale that rates earthquakes according to their intensity and how much damage they cause at a particular place | Mercalli scale
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| the measurement of an earthquake's strength based on seismic waves and movement along faults | magnitude
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| a scale that rates an earthquake's magnitude based on the size of its seismic waves | Richter scale
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| a device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth | seismograph
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| a type of scale that rates earthquakes by estimating the total amount of energy released by an earthquake | moment magnitude scale
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| the record of an earthquake's seismic waves produced by a seismograph | seismogram
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| the force that opposes the motion of one surface as it moves across another surface | friction
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| the process by which an earthquake's violent movement suddenly turns loose soil into liquid mud | liquefaction
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| a large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor | tsunami
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| a building mounted on bearings designed to absorb the energy of an earthquake | base-isolated building
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