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Determines the strenth of an earthquake

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The outer tough layer of Earth is divided into dozens more plates that move in contact with one another across the Earth's surface.

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This picture shows a destroyed city and the motions of plate

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shows Earth's layers and plate boundaries

and also surface features

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This shows the point of origin and the fault lines

of earthquakes

It also illustrtes fault lines and plate movement

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fault: a thin zone of crushed rock

tectonic plates: 2 sub-layers of the Earth's crust upon interaction can cause earthquakes

epicenter: where the shockwaves of an earthquake radiate

crust: outermost layer of the earth

seismic waves: waves of energy generated by an earthquake

transform plate boundaries: two plates slide against each other

divergent plate boundaries: when plates are moving apart

convergent plate boundaries: one plate goes underneath another

normal fault: when an earthquake's hanging wall is relative to the footwall

strike-slip: footwall moves left or right with little to no vertical movement

reverse fault: occur when two blocks of rocks are forced together by compression

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They occur along the edges of plates and faults

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They usually form when rocks underground breaks along a fault

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The sudden release of energy beneath the Earth's crust