Across
- 2. occurs when two plates pull away from each other
- 5. the point on earths surface directly above an earthquakes starting point
- 6. another word for an earthquakes strength
- 8. the point along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
- 10. the bending, breaking, and tilting of the earths crust
- 12. occurs when two plates push into each other
- 14. the process of making older buildings more earthquake resistant
Down
- 1. occurs when two plates slide past each other
- 3. a tracing of earthquake motion that is created by the seismograph
- 4. the study of earthquakes
- 7. a break in the earths crust
- 9. an instrument that records vibrations in the ground and determines the earthquakes location and strength
- 11. giant pieces of Earth's thin crust
- 13. how much damage the earthquake caused