EARTH SCIENCE quake

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EARTH SCIENCE
EARTHQUAKES/VOLCANOES VOCABULARY
Earthquake
Fault
Normal fault
Reverse fault
Strike-slip fault
Thrust fault
Hanging wall
Footwall
Seismogram
Elastic rebound theory
s-waves
p-waves
surface waves
epicenter
focus
intensity
magnitude
Richter Scale
Mercalli Scale
Shadow zone
Tsunami
Volcano
Fissure
Caldera
Magma
Hot spot
Cinder cone
Shield volcano
Composite volcano (stratovolcano)
Pyroclastic flow
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