Earthquakes
- Created by: Anya
- Created on: 07-05-14 20:38
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- Earthquakes
- Occurance
- Destructive
- Tension builds when one plate gets stuck under other
- Constructive
- tension builds along cracks within plates
- Conservative
- Tension builds as plates grind past eachother
- Destructive
- Focus
- Point at which slippage occurs
- Epicentre
- Point on ground above focus
- Seismic shockwaves
- Vibrations
- Measurements
- Richter scale
- measures amount of energy released
- Mercalli scale
- Measures effect of the earthquake
- Richter scale
- Occurance
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