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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fault | a fault is a break in the rock but unlike a simple crack sighnificant displacment occurs along it |
| intensity | a measure of the damage done by an earthquake that is determined on the basis of the earthquake's effect on people on people, structures and the natural environment |
| magnitude | a measure of the total amount of energy released at the focus of an earthquake |
| destructive | causing damage or injury |
| stress | the amount of force being applied to a rock or surface |
| tsunami | a series of sea waves caused by under sea events such as an earthquake beneath the ocean floor that rise to great heights as they are near a shore |
| seismogram | the record made by a seismograph the paper on which data about earthquake waves is recorded |
| seismograph | an instrument used to detect earthquake waves |
| tension | the state of being stretched tight |
| compression | the reduction in volume |
| shearing | break off or cause to break off |