Earthquakes

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Across
  1. 5. The angle of the fault face down from the horizontal
  2. 6. A synonym for strength and power
  3. 7. The point on the surface of the earth above the center of the earthquake
  4. 9. A fault that occurs on the horizontal plane with very little up and down movement
  5. 10. Rayleigh and Love waves are examples of this type of wave
  6. 11. Plate sections that are moving apart
  7. 13. Any kind of shaking of the ground measurable by seismic instruments
  8. 14. How much damage an earthquake does
  9. 17. Plates sliding past each other
  10. 20. Pushing inwards type of stress
  11. 22. When the block above the fault line drops down (hanging wall moves down)
  12. 24. Crack in a rock that has no movement after the initial movement
  13. 25. Geologists define a fault by its (__)
  14. 26. Plate sections that are coming together
  15. 27. The true central point of an earthquake
  16. 28. Sections of rock on opposite sides of a crack move relative to each other
Down
  1. 1. The first wave in an earthquake
  2. 2. When the block above the fault line moves up (hanging wall moves up)
  3. 3. The strength of earthquakes are measured using this
  4. 4. The second wave in an earthquake
  5. 8. Device used to detect earthquake waves
  6. 12. The force that causes things to float
  7. 15. Pulling outwards type of stress
  8. 16. Tearing type of stress (two forces acting in opposite directions)
  9. 18. A type of fault that moves up and down
  10. 19. Devastating wave
  11. 21. Any change of a solid under stress
  12. 23. Force exerted INSIDE a material