Pacific - 80% of all earthquakes strike the 'edges' of the ________ Ocean, Tsunami - Deadly ocean waves from an earthquake, Amplitude - The height of a wave from the center line to its crest, Liquefaction - Sediment saturated with water to become like quicksand, Wavelength - The distance between waves from crest to crest, Convergent - These plate boundaries mark the motion of plates coming together, Intensity - A measure of damage done to stuctures, Epicenter - The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus, Surface - Waves that travel outward from an earthquake's epicenter, Focus - Point where the Earth ruptures in the Crust., Earthquake - Ground movement due to a sudden release of stored energy, Crest - High point of a wave, Transform - These faults have shallow focus earthquakes, like the San Andres, Trough - Low point of a wave, Intraplate - The New Madrid Quake is an example of this kind of earthquake, Seismograph - These produce a graph-like representation of seismic waves, Body - These waves move through the solid body of the Earth, Magnitude - The amount of energy released, Seismology - The study of seismic waves, China - Earliest recorded earthquake was in ,

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