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| seismology | study of earthquakes |
| seismologist | scientist who study earthquakes |
| seismic waves | the energy or shock waves released in an earthquake |
| seismogram | the chart that earthquakes are recorded on;comes out of a seismograph |
| seismograph | the instrument that detects,records, and measures seismic waves |
| epicenter | the point on the earths surface directly above the focus |
| tsunami | a wave caused by an underwater earthquakes,volcanoes, and landsides |
| tremors | small earthquakes that can happen before or after a big quake |
| focus | the origin or starting point of an earthquake |
| earthquakes | the sudden violent movement of the earths crust |
| faults | a crack in a plate in rocks that moves |
