1
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the study of earthquakes
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Sismology
2
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the bending tilting, and breaking of the Earths crust
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deformation
3
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the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its underformed shape
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elastic rebound
4
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a wave of energy that travels through the Earth
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Seismic waves
5
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a sesmic wave that causes particals of rock to move in a back and-forth direction
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P waves
6
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a seismic wave that causes particals of rock to move in a side-to-side direction
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S wave
7
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an intrument that records vibrations in the ground and determines the location and strength of an earthquake
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Seismograph
8
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a tracing of earthquakes motion that is created by a seismograph
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Seismogram
9
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ub
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epicenter
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