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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| earthquake | a movement or trembing of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move. |
| focus | the location within earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs. |
| epiceneter | the point on earth surface directly above an earthquake`s starting point, or focus. |
| tectonic plate boundary | the edge between two or more plates classified as divergent , convergent , or transform by the movement taking place between the plates. |
| elastic rebound | the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its underformed shape. |