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Chap 19 vocab Test

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Point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
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When stress builds up past a certain point, called the elastic limit.
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Measure of the energy released during an earthquake, which can be described using the Richter scale.
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The vibrations of the ground produced during an earthquake.
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Numerical rating system used to measure the amount of energy released during an earthquake.
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Are sections located along faults that are known to be active, but which have not experienced significant earthquakes for a long period of time.
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The deformation of materials in response to stress.
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Instrument used to measure horizontal or vertical motion during an earthquake.
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Squeeze and push rocks in the direction along which the waves are traveling.
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Record produced by a seismometer that can provide individual tracking of each type of seismic wave.
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Seismometer
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Plastic deformation
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Seismic gap
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Seismic wave
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Richter scale
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Strain
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Epicenter
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Seismogram
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Primary Wave
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Magnitude
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Point of the initial fault rupture where an earthquake originates that usually lies at least several kilometer beneath Earth's surface.
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Rates the types of damage and other effects of an earthquake as notes by observers during and after its occurrence.
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The total force acting on crustal rocks per unit of area.
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A large ocean wave generated by vertical motions of the seafloor during an earthquake.
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Seismic vibrations can cause the ground to behave like a liquid in a phenomenon.
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Caused when a material is compressed, bent, or stretched.
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Seismic wave that causes rock particles to move at right angles to the direction of the wave known.
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Any fracture or system of fracture along which Earth moves.
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The size of the seismic waves; an increase of 1 in the scale represents an increase in amplitude of a factor of 10.
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A rating scale that measures the energy released by an earthquake, taking into account the size of the fault rupture, the amount of movement along the fault, and the rock's stiffness.

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