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    Earthquakes are caused by the sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that generates seismic waves. They can range from weak tremors that are undetectable to powerful quakes that destroy cities. The frequency, magnitude, and type of quakes in a region over time is known as its seismic activity. When large quakes occur offshore, they can trigger tsunamis by displacing the seabed. Earthquakes may also cause landslides and volcanic eruptions. They are seismic events that produce these waves, whether natural or human-caused, with faults being the primary source but also volcanoes, landslides, mining, and nuclear tests. The hypocenter is the initial rupture point and the epicenter is

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    Earthquakes are caused by the sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that generates seismic waves. They can range from weak tremors that are undetectable to powerful quakes that destroy cities. The frequency, magnitude, and type of quakes in a region over time is known as its seismic activity. When large quakes occur offshore, they can trigger tsunamis by displacing the seabed. Earthquakes may also cause landslides and volcanic eruptions. They are seismic events that produce these waves, whether natural or human-caused, with faults being the primary source but also volcanoes, landslides, mining, and nuclear tests. The hypocenter is the initial rupture point and the epicenter is

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    Earthquakes are caused by the sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that generates seismic waves. They can range from weak tremors that are undetectable to powerful quakes that destroy cities. The frequency, magnitude, and type of quakes in a region over time is known as its seismic activity. When large quakes occur offshore, they can trigger tsunamis by displacing the seabed. Earthquakes may also cause landslides and volcanic eruptions. They are seismic events that produce these waves, whether natural or human-caused, with faults being the primary source but also volcanoes, landslides, mining, and nuclear tests. The hypocenter is the initial rupture point and the epicenter is

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    An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of

    the surface of the Earth, resulting from the sudden release of energy in
    the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in
    size from those that are so weak that they cannot be felt to those violent
    enough to toss people around and destroy whole cities. The seismicity,
    or seismic activity, of an area is the frequency, type and size of earthquakes
    experienced over a period of time. The word tremoris also used
    for non-earthquake seismic rumbling.

    At the Earth's surface, earthquakes manifest themselves by shaking and


    displacing or disrupting the ground. When the epicenter of a large earthquake
    is located offshore, the seabed may be displaced sufficiently to cause a tsunami.
    Earthquakes can also trigger landslides, and occasionally volcanic activity.

    In its most general sense, the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic
    event — whether natural or caused by humans — that generates seismic
    waves. Earthquakes are caused mostly by rupture of geological faults, but also
    by other events such as volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear
    tests. An earthquake's point of initial rupture is called its focus or hypocenter.
    The epicenter is the point at ground level directly above the hypocenter.

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