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Mrs.M Earthquake Stu
Need to Know Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| earthquake | the shaking of the Earth that results from movement of rock beneath the Earth's surface |
| epicenter | the point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus |
| focus | the point beneath the Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake; the origin of the shaking |
| P wave | a type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground; the first waves to arrive. |
| S wave | a type of seismic wave that vibrates from sided to side and up and down; the second waves to arrive |
| seismic wave | vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake |
| surface waves | |
| seismograph | |
| seismometer |