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A measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of an earthquake

• active volcano

• continent

• earthquake

• seismograph

The location on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.

• epicenter

• focus

• lithosphere

• tectonics

The exact site of the origin of an earthquake, below the epicenter.

• crust

• focus

• fault lines

• epicenter

The first type of seismic wave to be recorded in a seismic station, these compression waves are the fastest and travel through solids, liquids, and gases.

• active volcano

• primary wave

• mountain range

• seismic waves

The graphical record of an earthquake

• intensity

• magnitude

• seismogram

• seismograph