Across
- 3. a sudden violent shaking in the ground
- 4. a number that characterizes the size of an earthquake
- 5. this type of boundary is when plates move towards each other which can cause earthquakes
- 8. a smaller earthquake following the main shock of a large earthquake
- 9. a giant wave of water caused by an earthquake or volcanic activity
- 10. a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere
- 11. (place)the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Australia's history
Down
- 1. this plate boundary is when plates slide horizontally past each other
- 2. an instrument used to record details of earthquakes such as duration or force
- 6. the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above, the point where an earthquake originates
- 7. the city in Chile that experienced the largest earthquake in the world (that has ever been recorded)
- 12. the average number of earthquakes that are a magnitude of 3.0 or higher that occur in Australia