Earthquake vocabulary
Earthquake vocabularyWith earthquakes striking in Colorado and on the East Coast, there's a lot of talk about earthquakes and the sometimes confusing vocabulary that goes along with them. Here's a rundown of the most commonly used words. colorado earthquake, east coast earthquake,
- Aftershock
- Epicenter
- Fault lines
- Magnitude
- Mercalli scale
- Richter scale
- Ring of fire
- Seismic wave
- Seismograph
- Seismologist
- Seismology
- Tectonic plates
