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If I chose a place to live when I am an adult,

it would be Beaufort, South Carolina. Earthquakes

are not that common in South Carolina. Whenever an

earthquake does happen in South Carolina, it is usually

very weak. The closest place where a severe earthquake

happened to Beaufort is Charleston, South Carolina. The

flight distance from Beaufort to Charleston is about 43.23

miles.

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Earthquakes are measured on a scale of 1 to 10, 1

being the weakest and 1 0 being the strongest. They

are measured using a seismograph, an instrument

that measures the sizes and vibrations of earthquakes.

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There are three different types of plate tectonics: divergent, convergent,

and transform boundaries.

- A divergent boundary happens when two plates move

away from each other

- A convergent boundary happens when two plates collide

- A transform boundary happens when two plates slide past each other

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There are three different types of faults.

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Earthquakes happen when a tectonic plate rubs against another. This forms pressure, causing the earth's crust to shake

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Earthquakes occur on large

cracks in the earth's surface

called faults.

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The focus is the location where the earthquake begins.

The epicenter is the place

directly above the focus.