Earthquakes Vocabulary

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A measurement of earthquake strength based on seismic waves

The half of the fault that lies below

A break in earth's crust

Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks like a giant stick

Stress that pulls on the crust, stretching rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle like bubble gum

Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake

The shaking and trembling that results from movement of rock beneath earth's surface

Stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions