Earthquake

Earthquake

Of or pertaining to the natural phenomenon when tectonic plates slide or move causing the Earth's surface also move which causes devastating damage to cities and towns.

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seismic zone

Natural environment; Earthquake

An area within which the seismic-design requirements are constant.

seismograph

Natural environment; Earthquake

An instrument for amplifying and recording the motions of the earth caused by seismic waves.

seismologists

Natural environment; Earthquake

Scientists who study earthquakes and their causes and results.

fault

Natural environment; Earthquake

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement along the fractures as a result of earth movement. Large faults ...

A fracture is any separation in a geologic formation, such as a joint or a fault that divides the rock into two or more pieces. A fracture will sometimes form a deep fissure or crevice in the rock. ...

San Andreas Fault

Natural environment; Earthquake

The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 810 miles (1,300 km) through California in the United States. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and ...

intraplate earthquake

Natural environment; Earthquake

An intraplate earthquake is an earthquake that occurs in the interior of a tectonic plate, whereas an interplate earthquake is one that occurs at a plate boundary. Intraplate earthquakes are ...