Across
- 1. minor tremor preceding a major quake
- 3. condition of being at or near an epicenter
- 5. of or like a seismogram
- 8. soil capable of liquefaction
- 9. describing the size of an earthquake
- 10. spreading energy from a quake
- 12. formed by sinkhole processes
- 13. caused by pushing forces
- 14. caused by pulling forces
- 15. shape of secondary waves
- 23. susceptible to falling structures
- 24. formed by lightning in sand
- 26. sudden flow of snow or debris
- 28. related to the Earth’s crust
- 29. rigid outer Earth layer
- 31. deepest ocean zone
- 33. formed by volcanic steam explosions
- 36. generating lake or pool waves
- 38. shape of primary waves
- 42. located on the ocean floor
- 46. movement along huge subduction faults
- 47. relating to ground vibrations
- 49. U-shaped river curve
- 50. crescent-shaped sand dune
- 52. strengthened for quake safety
- 55. broken by stress
- 56. related to underground igneous rock
- 58. slope of loose rocks
- 60. shape of seismic waves
- 62. increase in shaking or earthquake impact
- 64. fertile soil
- 70. able to recover from quake damage
- 73. broken along a fault
- 74. caused by wearing away
- 75. measurement of earthquake waves
- 78. downhill movement of earth
- 79. relating to calderas
- 80. occurring during the quake
- 81. earthquake activity of a region
- 84. depression formed by ice melt
- 85. process of creating a fault in rock
- 86. flattened by erosion
- 88. related to frozen water
- 89. soil disturbed by freezing
- 92. pertaining to ground movement
- 93. uplifted crust block
- 95. shaped by river sediment
- 96. relating to an earthquake’s hypocenter
- 98. happening within a plate
- 99. related to a sequence of small quakes
- 100. pertaining to subduction zones
Down
- 2. large-scale crustal motion
- 4. producing tsunami waves
- 6. closeness to epicenter
- 7. displayed by strength distribution
- 11. relationship of quakes and faults
- 16. consequences of earthquakes
- 17. focused at the hypocenter
- 18. weathered rock
- 19. traveling along Earth’s surface
- 20. arch-shaped rock fold
- 21. notified of earthquake risk
- 22. moved to safety
- 25. relating to plate movements
- 27. experiencing shaking
- 30. river-deposited rock
- 32. shaped by wind erosion
- 34. honeycomb rock cavities
- 35. causing extreme damage
- 37. relating to moment magnitude
- 39. mountain-building processes
- 40. calcium-rich soil
- 41. capable of turning liquid under shaking
- 43. rebuilt after disaster
- 44. relating to recording earthquake waves
- 45. highly salty
- 48. windblown silt
- 51. glacially deposited mound
- 53. shaking or trembling
- 54. in a manner related to earthquakes
- 57. side-to-side movement of rocks
- 59. potentially dangerous
- 61. similar to Earth’s mantle
- 63. sloping debris pile
- 65. resembling a tectonic plate
- 66. able to forecast quakes
- 67. related to soil layers
- 68. surface-traveling seismic wave
- 69. having a plate boundary
- 71. scientist studying earthquakes
- 72. capable of producing a tsunami
- 76. planning for earthquake safety
- 77. hardened glacial deposits
- 82. of loose surface rock
- 83. adapted to dry climates
- 87. relating to the Richter scale
- 90. volcanic ash deposit
- 91. waterlogged soil
- 94. full of broken rock fragments
- 97. showing fissures or fractures