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- 3. point on the surface of the Earth that is directly above the underground point (called the focus) where fault rupture commences, producing an earthquake.
- 4. WAVE 2ND TYPE OF BODYWAVE (SWAVE). SLOWER THAN PRIMARY WAVES AND CAN ONLY MOVE THROUGH SOLID, NOT THROUGH ANY LIQUID MEDIUM.
- 5. TECTONICS a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements.
- 9. THE STUDY OF EARTHQUAKES AND SEISMIC WAVES THAT MOVE THROUGH AND AROUND THE EARTH
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- 1. WAVES THE WAVES OF ENERGY CAUSED BY AN EXPLOSION OF THE SUDDEN BREAKING OF ROCK WITHIN THE EARTH
- 2. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
- 3. a sudden motion or trembling in the earth caused by the abrupt release of slowly accumulated energy
- 6. WAVE FIRST KIND OF BODY WAVE (PWAVE), FASTEST KIND OF SEISMIC WAVES
- 7. WAVES THAT TRAVEK THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE EARTH
- 8. the place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates
