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earthquake are ground movements when blocks of rock in earth move suddenly and release energy.
focus The location where the earthquake begins.
epicenter the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
tectonic plate boundray a boundary between two or more plates.
fault is a fracture along which the blocks of crust on either side have moved relative to one another parallel to the fracture.
deformation is a change in the original shape of a material
elastic rebound theory is an explanation for how energy is spread during earthquakes.
volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface
magma hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling.
lava hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
vent an opening that allows air, gas, or liquid to pass out of or into a confined space.
tectonic plates the two sub-layers of the earth's crust (lithosphere) that move, float, and sometimes fracture and whose interaction causes continental drift, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic trenches.
hot spot a small area or region with a relatively hot temperature in comparison to its surroundings.
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