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Tectonic Plates
Types of Faults
Seismic Waves
Fault Plane
Epicenter and Hypocenter
Types of Focuses
Active and Inactive Faults
The inner core is solid
an unattached to the
mantle, suspended in
the molten iron core. It is
believed to have
solidified as a result of
pressure-freezing which
occurs to most liquids
when temperature
decreases or pressure
increases while the outer
core is a hot, electrically
conducting liquid within
which convective
motion occurs.
The inner core is 1,216
km thick while the outer
core is 2,270 km thick.
Two kinds:
Primary wave and Secondary wave
Fastest kind of seismic
wave, and
consequently, the first
to arrive at a seismic
station.
The P-wave can move through solid rock and
fluids, like water or the liquid layers of the Earth.
Also known as compressional waves, because of
the pushing and pulling they do.
The second wave that
can be felt in an
Earthquake.