| Term | Definition |
|---|
| faults | Crack in Earth’s crust due to tectonic movement |
| types of faults | normal, reverse (thrust), strike slip |
| normal | Divergent boundary, Tensional Stress, One side drops |
| Reverse (thrust) | Convergent boundary, Compressional stress |
| Strike slip | transform boundary, rift valleys, San Andreas Fault |
| Elastic Rebound Theory | Plates don't move smoothly against each other |
| seismology | study of earthquakes |
| focus | where earthquake is initiated, subsurface, shallower most destructive |
| P-waves | compression, fastest, up and down, can travel through liquid |
| S-waves | shear, most destructive, side to side, can only travel through solids |
| damage | shear stress, structure collapse, fire, liquefaction, tsunamis |
| shear stress | torque applied to structures |
| liquefaction | water saturated soils will liquefy |
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