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- liquefacation
- the process by which an earthquakes violent movement suddely turns loose soil into liquid mud
- moment magnitude scale
- a scale that rates earthquakes by estimating the total energyreleased by an earthquake
- base-isolated building
- a building mounted on bearings designed to absorb the energy of an earthquake
- aftershock
- an earthquake that occurs after a large earthquake in the same area
- tsunamis
- a large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
- richter scale
- a scale that rates seismic waves as measured by a paticular type of mechanical seismograph
- surface waves
- a type of seismic waves that forms when p waves and s waves reach earths surface
- seismograph
- a device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves and movement along faults
- mercalli scale
- a scale that rates earthquakes according to their intensity and how much damage they cause
- magnitude
- the masurement of an earthquakes strength based on seismic waves and movement along faults