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BY: Lanise, Alexis, Jr., Matthew, Christian
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▪ Plates grind against each other ▪ Earthquakes happen along the edges of tectonic plates ▪ The earthquakes happen along fault lines ▪ They are caused by sudden breaking of rock
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▪ Seismographs ▪ Seismologists
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▪ Epicenter ▪ It is straight above the focus ▪ It is the location of biggest damage ▪ Where the earthquakes originates
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The fault on the top side is a normal fault The fault on the middle is a reverse fault The fault on the bottom side is a strike slip fault
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▪ Continental plates work by grinding against each other ▪ Underground ▪ They create hills and/or slopes
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▪ S waves caused by breaking ▪ S waves type: body waves, surface ▪ Body waves can travel through layers ▪ Surface waves
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▪ Body waves: P waves ▪ Fastest kind of seismic waves ▪ Travel through rock and fluid
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