Natural Disasters Crossword

an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration
rock fragments and particles ejected by a volcanic eruption
a broad domed volcano with gently sloping sides, characteristic of the eruption of fluid, basaltic lava
By properly engineering and building structures that can better withstand these vibrations, these areas will be safer for people to live in
the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other
a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface
scale for measuring the strength ("size") of earthquakes
a series of ocean waves that sends surges of water, sometimes reaching heights of over 100 feet (30.5 meters), onto land
a person who studies the branch of science concerned with earthquakes and related phenomena
an extended break in a body of rock, marked by the relative displacement and discontinuity of strata on either side of a particular surface
the action or process of changing in shape or distorting, especially through the application of pressure
the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
secondary wave
primary wave
the great size or extent of something in this case an earthquake
a 90 degree wave that propagates along the interface between differing media
a measure of its resistance to deformation at a given rate
rock fragments ejected from a volcano
one of the types of flow of lava, the main characteristic property of this lava flow is that after cooling it forms rough, sharp and somewhat fragmented surfaces, also called as broken and rough lava
a large pool of liquid rock beneath the surface of the Earth