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earthquakes  

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  • Earthquakes involve the travel of elastic, or seismic, waves of energy through the Earth's rigid crust. They result from the sudden liberation of accumulated stress and strain along faults, which are planar discontinuities in the crust. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Earthquakes]

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