Earthquake Vocabulary

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This is a break in Earth's lithosphere where one block of rock moves toward, away from, or past another.

This is the location where rocks first move along a fault and seismic waves originate.

This is a graphical illustration of seismic waves.

This type of wave causes particles in the ground to move up and down, similar to ocean waves.

A scientist who studies earthquakes.

This type of wave causes particles in the ground to move side to side and up and down at right angles relative to the direction the wave travels.

This is the location directly above the focus of an earthquake.

The fastest moving type of seismic wave. It causes particles in the ground to move in a push-pull motion