Relier Pairs Earthquake vocab Version en ligne Match the vocab par Melissa Byrd 1 Faults 2 seismic waves 3 focus 4 mechanical wave 5 compressional wave 6 earthquake 7 Epicenter 8 seismology 9 Seismograph 10 P waves (Primary waves) 11 S waves (secondary waves) 12 surface waves seismic waves that travel along the Earth's surface Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth Breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake A wave that requires a medium through which to travel travel through solids only; cause rock to move in a side-to-side or up & down motion, slower waves The study of earthquakes travel through liquids and solids, push and pull, faster, arrive first a wave in which matter moves back and forth in the direction the wave is moving