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GEOG140 Chapter 3 (midterm 1) Civil Engineering 2024 New Review Earthquake - ANS-An episode of ground shaking caused by the sudden breaking of rock or by frictional sliding along a pre-existing fault in the Earth. Seismicity - ANS-Earthquake activity. Seismology - ANS-The scientific study of earthquakes. Seismic Waves - ANS-Vibrations generated by an earthquake that pass through the Earth or along its surface. Fault - ANS-A fracture on which one body of rock slides or slips past another...

GEOG140 Chapter 3 (midterm 1) Civil Engineering 2024 New Review Earthquake - ANS-An episode of ground shaking caused by the sudden breaking of rock or by frictional sliding along a pre-existing fault in the Earth. Seismicity - ANS-Earthquake activity. Seismology - ANS-The scientific study of earthquakes. Seismic Waves - ANS-Vibrations generated by an earthquake that pass through the Earth or along its surface. Fault - ANS-A fracture on which one body of rock slides or slips past another...