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Earthquakes

EARTHQUAKE REFERENCE FILES Earthquake, shaking of the earth's surface caused by

rapid movement of the earth's rocky outer layer. Earthquakes occur when energy stored within

the earth, usually in the form of strain in rocks, suddenly releases. This energy is transmitted to

the surface of the earth by earthquake waves. The study of earthquakes and the waves they create

is called seismology. Scientists who study earthquakes are called seismologists. (Webster's

p.423) The destruction an earthquake causes, depends on its magnitude or the amount of shaking

that occurs. The size varies from small imperceptible shaking, to large shocks felt miles around.

Earthquakes can tear up the ground, make buildings and other structures collapse, and create

tsunamis (large sea waves). Many Lives can be lost because of this destruction. (The Road to

Jaramillo p.211) Several hundred earthquakes, or seismic tremors, occur per day around the

world. A worldwide network of seismographs detect about......


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