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Explaining Earthquakes

ANATOMY OF AN EARTHQUAKE AN EARTHQUAKE IS THE SHAKING OF THE GROUND CAUSED BY SUDDEN MOTIONS ALONG FAULTS, OR FRACTURES IN THE EARTH'S CRUST FAULT A FRACTURE IN THE ROCKS THAT PLATES MAKE UP THE EARTH'S CRUST MASSIVE ROCKS THAT MAKE UP THE OUTER LAYER OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE, AND WHOSE MOVEMENT ALONG FAULTS EPICENTER TRIGGERS EARTHQUAKES THE POINT AT THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH DIRECTLY ABOVE THE FOCUS SEISMIC WAVES WAVES THAT TRANSMIT FOCUS THE ENERGY RELEASED THE POINT WITHIN THE EARTH BY AN EARTHQUAKE WHERE AN EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE STARTS

Explaining Earthquakes

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An earthquake is the shaking of the ground caused by sudden motions along faults, or fractures in the Earth's crust. The epicenter of an earthquake is determined by triangulation. This means that seis...

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