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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fault | A fracture in bedrock,along which blocks of rock on opposite side of the fracture move. |
| intensity | A measure of the damage done by an earthquake that is determined on the basis of the earthquake |
| magnitude | A measure of the total amount of energy released |
| destructive | causing damage or injury |
| stress | the amount of force being applied to a rock of surface |
| tsunami | A series of sea waves caused by undersea events such as an earthquake beneath the ocean floor |
| 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 | stretch tit |
| compression | being compressed |
| shearing | stress that builds up and releases energy as seismic waves |