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About 80% of the world's earthquakes occur in the

circus-Pacific belt

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The earthquake zone stretching from Southern Europe to Indonesia is the

Alpine belt

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The inner core of the earth is thought to be

solid

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The scale used to measure the damage an earthquake does is the

Moment magnitude scale

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A particle or block of solid volcanic ejecta is a

pyroclast

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The middle of the earth's three main layers is the

Mantle

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The earth's outer layer made of solid rock is

Crust

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The central portion of the earth is the

core

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Earthquake waves can provide us with information about Earth's

interior

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The study of earthquakes

seismology

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the study of the earth

geology

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What is the point on the earths surface directly above where an earthquake begins?

epicenter

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at what point deep in the earth does an earthquake begin

hypocenter

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an instrument used to record the vibrations caused by an earthquake is a

seismograph

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What major type of fault occurs when rocks on one side of the fault are shoved over the rocks on the other side?

thrust fault

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what type of fold occurs when rocks buckle up to form an arch-like structure?

anticline

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