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| Base-Isloated Building | A building mounted on bearings designed to absorb the energy of an earthquake |
| Tsunamis | A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor |
| Aftershocks | An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area |
| List 5 ways that earthquakes can damage buildings and other structures | Shaking the bulding, liquefication of the ground, tsunamis, landslides, and avalanches |
| What do geologists use to measure deformation and stress along faults? | They use instruments |
| How do scientists determine earthquake risk? | By monitoring active faults and by studying faults where past earthquakes have occured |
| Liquefaction | The process by which an eathquake's violent movement suddenly turns loose soil into liquid mud |
