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Earthquakes
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Earthquake | Causes vibrations 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 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 |