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how do they messure it?

what causes earthquakes

YOU CAN MESSURE EARTHQUAKES ARE


IT BUY MAGNITIDE THE RESULT OF
OR INTENSITY SUDDEN MOVEMENT

what is the difference between


intesity and magnitude
EARTHQUAKE ALONG FAULTS
WITHIN THE EARTH
what is it
MAGNITUDE IS THE
ITS IS AN INTENSE
EARTHQUAKES where do earthquakes occur
SHAKING OF THE
SIZE AND POWER most frequently
CRUST
WHILE INTENSITY OVER 80 PER CENT OF
IS DESCRIBES THE LARGE EARTHQUAKES
DAMAGE FROM OCCUR AROUND THE
THE SHAKING EDGES OF THE PACIFIC
OCEAN, AN AREA
KNOWN AS THE 'RING
OF FIRE'
NORMAL FUALT
STRIKE-SLIP FAULT
A FRACTURE IN
NORMAL, OR DIP-
THE ROCKS OF
SLIP, FAULTS ARE
EARTH'S CRUST IN
INCLINED
WHICH THE ROCK
FRACTURES
MASSES SLIP PAST
WHERE THE
BLOCKS HAVE
FUALTS ONE ANOTHER
what are they PARALLEL TO THE
MOSTLY SHIFTED
STRIKE, THE
VERTICALLY. THEY ARE WHAT
INTERSECTION OF
CAUSES
A ROCK SURFACE
REVERSE FAULT EARTHQUAKES
WITH THE
A REVERSE FAULT,
SURFACE OR
THE BLOCK ABOVE
ANOTHER
THE FAULT MOVES
HORIZONTAL
UP RELATIVE TO
PLANE.
THE BLOCK BELOW
THE FAULT.

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