Earthquake

Earthquake is also known as ______.

One plate is forced over another plate during movement creating a thrust fault. What plate movement is it?

The line where two tectonic plates meet is called a:

What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption?

True or False: The strength of the shaking from an earthquake is called it's intensity.

What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?

Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?

Type of waves that can travel through the Earth’s inner layer.

The waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the Earth or an explosion.

It is determined from EFFECTS on people, structure and natural environment.

What is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake?

Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?

What gets released when plates move that causes the ground to shake?