Earthquake Vocabulary

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A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume is called

A wave or series of waves produced by an earthquake or a landslide is called

Stress that stretches a rock so it becomes thinner is called

A fault where the compression causes the hanging wall to slide up and over the footwall at a convergent boundary is called

The shaking due to stress that results from plate movement is called a(n)

A number that geologists use to describe the strength of an earthquake is called the

A fault where tension causes the hanging wall to slip below the footwall at a divergent plate boundary is called

The fastest seismic waves that compress and expand are called