EARTHQUAKES
Across
- 4. inclined fractures where the blocks have mostly shifted vertically
- 6. center of an earthquake
- 7. perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving.
- 9. A P wave
- 14. the boundary between the crust and the mantle in the earth
- 16. a change in the original shape of a material
- 18. strike-slip fault that accommodates relative horizontal slip between other tectonic elements
- 20. earthquakes that follow the largest shock of an earthquake sequence
- 24. a fracture along which the blocks of crust on either side have moved relative to one another parallel to the fracture
- 25. to processes between the earth's crustal plates
- 26. water-saturated sediment temporarily loses strength
- 27. a seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving.
- 28. pertains to processes within the plates
- 30. the size of the wiggles on an earthquake recording
- 33. uniformly applicable to all sizes of earthquakes but is more difficult to compute than the other types
- 34. an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes
Down
- 1. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the hypocenter
- 2. the outermost major layer of the earth
- 3. A thrust fault that does not rupture all the way up to the surface
- 5. a number describing the severity of an earthquake
- 8. surface wave having a horizontal motion that is transverse (or perpendicular) to the direction the wave is traveling.
- 10. an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes
- 11. the outer solid part of the earth
- 12. epicenter is the point directly above it at the surface of the Earth. Also commonly termed the
- 13. a record written by a seismograph in response to ground motions produced by an earthquake
- 15. the innermost part of earth
- 17. vertical (or nearly vertical) fractures where the blocks have mostly moved horizontally
- 19. a mathematical device to compare the size of earthquakes
- 21. seismic wave that is trapped near the surface of the earth
- 22. relatively smaller earthquakes that precede the largest earthquake in a series
- 23. a movement of surface material down a slope
- 29. an elastic wave generated by an impulse such as an earthquake or an explosion
- 31. a number that characterizes the relative size of an earthquake
- 32. 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.
- 33. the part of the earth's interior between the metallic outer core and the crust.