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Earthquake
Of or pertaining to the natural phenomenon when tectonic plates slide or move causing the Earth's surface also move which causes devastating damage to cities and towns.
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Subduction
Natural environment; Earthquake
A plate tectonic process of one plate descending into the earth below another.
Surface faulting (surface fault rupture)
Natural environment; Earthquake
Displacement of the ground or sea floor surface by a fault movement.
Surface wave
Natural environment; Earthquake
A seismic vibration from an earthquake that travels at ground level.
Swarm
Natural environment; Earthquake
A series of related earthquakes concentrated in location and time with no one earthquake of outstanding size.
Tectonic earthquake
Natural environment; Earthquake
Earthquakes resulting from the release of strain by deformation of the earth.
