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	15	7	s
BEPREPARED	17	5	s
COMPRESSION	14	8	s
DAMAGE	17	13	s
DROPANDCOVER	7	15	n
EARTHQUAKE	17	5	w
EPICENTER	3	9	s
FOCUS	20	20	w
HAZARDS	2	19	e
INTENSITY	12	10	s
LIQUEFACTION	16	6	s
MAGNITUDE	1	8	s
MERCALLISCALE	11	11	ne
PWAVES	7	13	nw
RICHTERSCALE	1	3	e
SEISMICWAVES	13	9	w
SEISMOGRAPH	2	9	s
SURFACEWAVES	13	9	s
SWAVES	2	9	ne
TSUNAMI	12	12	sw