EARTHQUAKES

3. the outer solid part of the earth
5. an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes
6. strike-slip fault that accommodates relative horizontal slip between other tectonic elements
7. an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes
9. a record written by a seismograph in response to ground motions produced by an earthquake
10. the part of the earth's interior between the metallic outer core and the crust.
11. a seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving.
12. epicenter is the point directly above it at the surface of the Earth. Also commonly termed the
14. the size of the wiggles on an earthquake recording
15. the outermost major layer of the earth
16. a seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth in the same direction and the opposite direction as the direction the wave is moving.
17. an elastic wave generated by an impulse such as an earthquake or an explosion

1. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the hypocenter
2. vertical (or nearly vertical) fractures where the blocks have mostly moved horizontally
4. a number describing the severity of an earthquake
8. a mathematical device to compare the size of earthquakes
10. a number that characterizes the relative size of an earthquake
12. a fracture along which the blocks of crust on either side have moved relative to one another parallel to the fracture
13. a movement of surface material down a slope
15. the innermost part of earth