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Earthquakes
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Earthquake | Causes vibration in the ground that result from movement along breaks in Earth's lithosphere. |
| Epicenter | Location directly above the focus of an earthquake. |
| Fault | Break in Earth's lithosphere where one block of a rock moves toward, away from, or past another. |
| Focus | Location where rocks first move along a fault and seismic waves originate. |
| Seismic wave | Travels as vibrations on and in Earth. |
| Seismometer | measures and records ground motion and the distance and direction seismic waves travel. |