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Earthquakes/volcanos

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A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move. Earthquake
A 12 point scale for representing the local intensity of an earthquake Mercalli scale
A series of extremely large waves caused by a sudden displacement of water tsunami
A logarithmic scale that measures the magnitude and energy of an earthquake richter scale
A smaller earthquake following the main shock aftershock
A fracture zone of fractures in rock where there has been movement or displacement fault
The fastest type of seismic wave p-waves
A seismic body wave that causes particles in a solid medium to move back and forth perpendicular s-waves
The branch of science concerned with earthquakes and related phenomena seismology
The sliding down of mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff landslide
A mountain or hill, having a crater or vent through lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earths crust volcano
The point of earths surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake epicenter
An instrument used to detect and record the intensity, duration, and features of earthquakes and other ground motions seismograph
The specific point within earth where the seismic rapture starts focus
A major area within the earth where lots of seismic and volcanic activity occur ring of fire
When earthquake shaking causes saturated soil, like sand, to temporarily behave like liquid instead of soil liquefaction
slowest body wave s-wave
s-waves only travel through solids
Which waves don't travel through earth surface waves
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