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| Define Stress | the force per unit area acting on or within a body |
| Define Strain | the change in shape of a body is response to stress |
| Define seismograph | a device which receives and records seismic vibrations |
| Define seismometer | a device which receives seismic vibrations and converts them into a signal which can be transmitted and recorded |
| Define seismogram | the paper or electronic record made by a seismograph |
| Define Intensity | the measure of the surface damage caused by an earthquake |
| Define the Mercalli scale | measures the intensity of an earthquake and is based on the effects that are felt in the area |
| Define magnitude | a measure of the amount of strain energy released by an earthquake |
| Define isoseismal line | a line on a map which joins up points of equal intensity, separating zones of different intensities |
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