Seismic Waves Vocabulary
Earth Science
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- The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake.
- The point on Earth's surface directly above an earth earthquakes focus.
- A vibration that travels through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.
- A type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground. Travels through solids and liquids.
- A type of seismic wave that moves the ground up and down or side to side. Travels through solids, not liquids.
- A type of seismic wave that forms when P waves and S waves reach Earth's surface.
- A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth.
- The measurement of an earthquake's strength based on seismic waves and movement along faults.
- A scale that rates earthquakes by estimating the total energy released by an earthquake.
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