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3. break in Earth’s crust along which portions of Earth’s crust move relative to
one another
4. the study of earthquakes
5. point inside Earth where an earthquake begins
8. point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s starting point
10. the fastest seismic waves
11. secondary seismic waves
12. theory that sections of active faults that have had few earthquakes are likely to
be sites of strong earthquakes in the future
13. tracing of earthquake motion created by a seismograph
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1. change in shape of rock due to stress
2. sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape
6. waves of energy that travel through Earth
7. instrument that records seismic waves
9. area along a fault where few earthquakes have happened recently but where
strong earthquakes have happened before
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