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Physics

The branch of science concerned with the properties of matter and energy and the relationships between them.

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compaction

Geography; Geophysics

process of compacting

peat fire

Geography; Geophysics

wild fire in grassland

leakage of chemical products

Geography; Geophysics

when chemical products leak

seismic activity

Geography; Geophysics

tremor of the earth's surface

magnitude scale

Geography; Geophysics

A logarithmic scale used to express the total amount of energy released by an earthquake. Its values typically fall between 0 and 9, with each increase of 1 representing a 10-fold ...

modified mercaly scale

Geography; Geophysics

s a measure of the ground shaking from earthquakes. It is based on how people perceive earthquake shaking and/or the damage caused by an earthquake.

quake

Geography; Geophysics

an earthquake

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