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Earthquake is a term used to describe both sudden slip on a fault, and the resulting ground shaking and radiated seismic energy caused by the slip, or by volcanic or magmatic activity, or other sudden stress changes in the earth.
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ᴇᴀʀᴛʜǫᴜᴀᴋᴇ ɪs ᴀ ᴛᴇʀᴍ ᴜsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇsᴄʀɪʙᴇ ʙᴏᴛʜ sᴜᴅᴅᴇɴ sʟɪᴘ ᴏɴ ᴀ ғᴀᴜʟᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇsᴜʟᴛɪɴɢ ɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ sʜᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴀᴅɪᴀᴛᴇᴅ sᴇɪsᴍɪᴄ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ sʟɪᴘ, ᴏʀ ʙʏ ᴠᴏʟᴄᴀɴɪᴄ ᴏʀ ᴍᴀɢᴍᴀᴛɪᴄ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ, ᴏʀ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ sᴜᴅᴅᴇɴ sᴛʀᴇss ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ.
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