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Benioff zones indicate the angle of plate descent along a convergent plate boundary.

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Tsunamis are significant sources of danger formed by earthquakes.

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When "the big one" hits Southern California, Los Angeles is likely to slip into the ocean.

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How is the seismic-moment magnitude scale different from the Richter Magnitude Scale?

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Explain why the portions of the San Andreas fault that are "locked" are or are not safer than the parts where the two plates slide more or less continually. What is the name of the theory that deals with this issue?

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The locked portions of a fault are proba...

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Describe surface waves and their most important two types.

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Surface waves travel along the surface o...

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The name of the location within the Earth where earthquakes originate is the ____________________.

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Landslides and ground motion are significant sources of danger created by earthquakes.

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The two types of body waves are ____________________ wave and ____________________ waves.

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How would an earthquake epicenter be located, using three seismograms, a map, and a geometric compass?

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To accurately locate an earthquake there...

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