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Vocabulary

 * Liquefication**:occurs when an earthquake wiolent shaking suddenly turns loose, soft soil into liquid mud
 * Aftershock**:an earthquake that occcurs after a larger earthquake that happened in the same area
 * Tsunami**:water that is shaken violently enough to form large waves and the hieght increases as it reaches the shore
 * Base-Isolated Building**:a building that is designed to lower the power of an earthquake as it reaches the building

Local Soil Conditions

 * Loose soil shakes more harder than solid rock
 * The thicker the soil is, the more shaking there will be
 * A house built on rock will shake less than a house on sandy soil
 * Liquefaction**
 * Liquefaction turns loose,soft soil into liquid mud, and can trigger mudslides and landslides
 * Liquefaction likely occurs where soil is full of moisture/water

Aftershocks

 * Building's that have been weaken by an earthquake can fall during an aftershock
 * Aftershocks can happen hours, weeks, or months after an earthquake has happened

Tsunamis

 * When an earthquake shakes the sea floor, a tsunami is made
 * A tsunami gets bigger as it reaches the shores of land
 * A tsunami's waves can be as big as from 100 kilometers to 200 kilometers



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