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EnglishasaSecondLanguagePodcast

ESLPodcast614–ExperiencinganEarthquake

GLOSSARY

earthquake–ashortperiodoftimewhenthegroundshakesbecauseof

geologicalmovementsdeepbelowthesurface,oftencausingdamage,injuries,

and/ordeath

*PeoplelivinginsouthernCaliforniaexperiencemanysmallearthquakesover

thecourseoftheirlives.

tooccur–tohappen;totakeplace

*aretryingtodetermineexactlywhenthemurderoccurred.

seismologist–ascientistwhostudiesearthquakesandthemovementofthe

earth

*Seismologistssayamajorearthquakewillhappenheresometimewithinthe

next50years,buttheycan’tprovideamorespecificdateortime.

magnitude–thesizeofsomething;howbigorsmallsomethingis

*Iftheyunderstoodtherealmagnitudeoftheproblem,theywouldbemuchmore

concernedwithfindingasolution.

Richterscale–anumber-basedsystemformeasuringandreportingthesize

andstrengthofearthquakes

*Theearthquakewasonly2.0ontheRichterscale,sowecouldn’treallyfeelit.

epicenter–thecenterofanearthquake;theexactpointontheearth’ssurface

whereanearthquakeisstrongest

*Althoughitwasalargeearthquake,itdidn’tcauseverymuchdamage,because

thereweren’tanycitiesneartheepicenter.

fault–faultline;alargecrackorlongholeintheearth’ssurfacewherepartsof

theeartharemovingawayfromeachother

*IwouldneverwanttoliveneartheSanAndreasfault.

aftershock–oneofmanysmallearthquakesthathappenssoonafteralarge

earthquake

*Aftertheearthquake,peoplewerewarnednottogobackintotheirhousesuntil

alltheaftershockshadended.

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