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BY: Lanise, Alexis, Jr., Matthew, Christian
▪ 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
▪ Seismographs ▪ Seismologists
▪ Epicenter ▪ It is straight above the focus ▪ It is the location of biggest damage ▪ Where the earthquakes originates
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
▪ Continental plates work by grinding against each other
▪ Underground ▪ They create hills and/or slopes
▪ S waves caused by breaking ▪ S waves type: body waves, surface ▪ Body waves can travel through layers ▪ Surface waves
▪ Body waves: P waves ▪ Fastest kind of seismic waves ▪ Travel through rock and fluid
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