What is a sudden and violent shaking of the ground that sometimes causes great destruction due to movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action?

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Marefel Catuboran
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Earthquake
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is the point directly above the focus on the surface?
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Epicenter
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is called the surface where the plates slip each other?
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Fault plane
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What place where an earthquake originates?
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hypocenter
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?
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Earthquake
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is the instrument used by scientists to measure the intensity of an earthquake?
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Seismograph
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What are the three types of plate boundaries?
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convergent, divergent, and transform
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