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Word	Definition
focus	The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake.
epicenter	The point on Earth's surface directly above where rock inside Earth has broken.
seismic wave	A vibration that travels through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.
P wave	A type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground.
S wave	A type of seismic wave that moves the ground up and down or side to side.
surface wave	A type of seismic wave that moves slower, but causes the most destruction.
seismograph	A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth.
magnitude	The measurement of an earthquake's strength based on seismic waves and movement along faults.
Mercalli scale	A scale that rates earthquakes according to their intensity and how much damage they cause.
Richter scale	A scale that rates seismic waves as measured by a particular type of mechanical seismograph.
moment magnitude scale	A scale that rates earthquakes by estimating the total energy released by an earthquake.
liquefaction	The process by which an earthquake's violent movement suddenly turns loose soil into liquid mud.
aftershock	An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area.
tsunami	A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor.
base-isolated building	A building mounted on bearings designed to absorb the energy of an earthquake.