Earthquake Vocabulary

AFTERSHOCK
BEPREPARED
COMPRESSION
DAMAGE
DROPANDCOVER
EARTHQUAKE
EPICENTER
FOCUS
HAZARDS
INTENSITY
LIQUEFACTION
MAGNITUDE
MERCALLISCALE
PWAVES
RICHTERSCALE
SEISMICWAVES
SEISMOGRAPH
SURFACEWAVES
SWAVES
TSUNAMI

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Word	X	Y	Direction
AFTERSHOCK	7	15	n
BEPREPARED	5	17	n
COMPRESSION	8	14	e
DAMAGE	8	2	w
DROPANDCOVER	8	1	s
EARTHQUAKE	5	17	e
EPICENTER	19	1	sw
FOCUS	2	12	s
HAZARDS	19	12	n
INTENSITY	10	12	n
LIQUEFACTION	6	16	n
MAGNITUDE	1	16	n
MERCALLISCALE	11	11	sw
PWAVES	18	11	w
RICHTERSCALE	8	1	e
SEISMICWAVES	9	13	n
SEISMOGRAPH	9	2	se
SURFACEWAVES	9	13	e
SWAVES	20	13	n
TSUNAMI	12	1	se