Locations of Earthquakes
Most earthquakes take place near the edges of these giant pieces of earth's thin, outermost layer.
Tectonic Plates
This occurs where two plates slip past each other.
Transform
Waves of energy that travel through the Earth.
Seismic Waves
The point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point.
Epicenter
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The largest and most active earthquake zone lives along the plate boundaries surrounding this ocean.
Pacific Ocean
The motion where two plates push together.
Convergent
These waves travel through the Earth's interior.
Body waves
The point inside the Earth where an earthquake begins.
Focus Point
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Where did the Earthquake occur in the video shown last week
Christchurch, New Zealand
The pulling away of two plates from each other.
Divergent
Waves that travel more slowly and are more destructive.
Surface Waves
An instrument that records seismic waves.
seismograph
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Earthquakes occur along these because of a break in the Earth's crust along which blocks of the crust slide relative to one another.
A fault
when an OCEANIC plate moves underneath a CONTINENTAL plate
Subduction
These are created when rock spring back to its original position after being deformed from side to side.
S waves
A scale that measures the strength of an earthquake.
Richter Magnitude Scale
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Where was the largest Earthquake ever recorded?
Chile, magnitude of 9.5
Region formed by the pulling apart of Earth's tectonic plates
Rift Valley
They are always the first waves of an earthquake detected.
P waves
The scale used to measure earthquake intensity.
Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale
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