| term | Description |
|---|---|
| fault line | |
| fault | |
| fault plane | |
| Richter scale | |
| plate tectonics | |
| active fault | |
| aftershock | |
| foreshock | |
| mainshock | |
| compressional wave | |
| Rayleigh wave | |
| shear wave | |
| S wave | |
| P waves | |
| body waves | |
| surface waves | |
| magnitude | |
| intensity | |
| amplitude | |
| frequency | |
| wavelength | |
| period | |
| slip | |
| ground motion | |
| bedrock | |
| crust | |
| mantle | |
| hazard | |
| risk | |
| geophysics | |
| stress | |
| transverse motion | |
| perpendicular motion | |
| earthquake proof | |
| reflection | |
| refraction | |
| seismic | |
| seismic wave | |
| seismic hazard | |
| seismograph | |
| seismogram | |
| seismology | |
| seismometer | |
| station | |
| tsunami | |
| earthquake engineering | |
| resistant to earthquakes | |
| seismic loading | |
| structural engineering | |
| geotechnical engineering | |
| civil engineering | |
| withstand | |
| seismic effects | |
| soil liquefaction | |
| tremors | |
| focus | |
| hypocenter | |
| epicenter | |
| replica | |
| rubble | |
| critical structure | |
| natural disaster | |
| landslide |