Chapter 8: Earthquakes and Earth’s Interior

Aftershock

Foreshock

Outer core

Asthenosphere

Inner core

Primary (P) Wave

Body wave

Intensity

Richter Scale

Core

Liquefaction

Secondary (S) Wave

Crust

Lithosphere

Seismic Sea Wave

Earthquake

Magnitude

Seismogram

Elastic rebound

Mantle

Seismograph

Epicenter

Mesosphere

Seismology

Fault

Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale

Shadow Zone

Fault creep

Mohorovicic Discontinuity

Surface Wave

Focus (earthquake)

Moment Magnitude