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earthquake

Shaking of the ground resulting from the fracturing and displacement of rock, which produces a fault, or from subsequent movement along the fault.

Subject: 
Environmental Science [1]
Vocabulary: 
Chapter 10 - Geology: Processes, Hazards, and Soils [2]

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