Hanging Wall Fault line Focus

Normal Fault Epicenter Compression

Fault
Reverse Fault Inner core

Strike-Slip Fault Magnitude Mercalli scale

Divergent boundaries Aftershock Crust:

Outer core Mantle

Convergent boundaries

Earthquake
Foot Wall Shear

EARTH AND SPACE

NAME OF STUDENT

JOSEPHINE T. CORTES
TEACHER
 a fracture in the Earth’s crust
are boundaries where two plates a block of crust that lies beneath where the hanging wall moves
are pushing into each other. the fault plane up relative to the foot wall

the shaking or vibration of the

boundaries are boundaries
a block of crust that is located ground surface in response to
where plates pull away from
above the fault plane the sudden release of energy
each other
caused by fault movement

a fracture in the Earth’s crust

a fracture in the Earth’s crust
where two blocks of crust move
where the hanging wall moves the outermost layer of Earth
laterally relative to one another
down relative to the foot wall

a fracture in the Earth’s crust Is liquid and is conceived to be

A break or fracture in the
where one side moves relative to composed of about 80% of iron
ground
the other together with nickel.

Is solid and the second thinnest

a measurement of an
the point on the Earth’s surface layer of all the different layers of
earthquake’s intensity based on
vertically above the hypocenter the earth.
how much damage it causes.

the measurement of the total the point below Earth’s surface

a type of stress that squeezes
strength or amount of energy where movement of rock
rock, causing it to break or fold.
released by an earthquake. produces an earthquake.

stress that moves rock in

a smaller earthquake that occurs opposite directions resulting
The thickest part of the Earth
after a larger earthquake. from forces applied parallel to a
fault plane