Earthquake Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Magnitude Scale that estimates the total amount of energy released by an earthquake
  2. 6. Waves that travel along Earth's outer layer
  3. 8. Waves that travel along Eath's outer layer at right angles
  4. 10. waves that push and pull in the direction that the waves travel
  5. 12. a small earthquake that follows after the main Earthquake
Down
  1. 1. instruments that record Earthquake waves
  2. 2. a small Earthquake that often comes before an Earthquake
  3. 4. the point within the Earth where the Earthquake starts
  4. 5. fractures in Earth where movement has occurred
  5. 7. Scale based on the amplitude of the largest seismic wave
  6. 9. the vibration of Earth produced by the rapid release of energy
  7. 11. the location on the surface directly above the focus