The biggest shaking event is called "the earthquake," the smaller ones before it are known as foreshocks,and the smaller ones after it are called aftershocks.
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Q2: Large earthquakes do not generate body waves
Q3: To describe the location in three-dimensional space
Q4: The point where a fault first ruptures
Q5: P- and S-waves do not follow simple
Q6: The shallower the hypocenter,the more P- and
Q8: Transform faults usually link spreading centers or
Q9: Moving into the core,P-wave velocities gradually increase
Q10: The Earth's interior is homogeneous.
Q11: In igneous rocks such as granite,S-waves travel
Q12: Following the paths of P- and S-waves
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