Vibrations caused when stress makes rocks pass their elastic limit.
Earthquakes

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Earthquake
2.
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The fault where forces are pulling apart.
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Normal
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This instrument is used to record seismic waves.
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Seismograph
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Type of wave that causes particles in rocks to move back and forth in the same direction as the wave
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primary
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The type of waves that make particles move at right angles to the direction of the wave
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secondary
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The point on earth's surface about the focus
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epicenter
7.
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The amount of energy released by an earthquake is a measure of what?
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magnitude
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