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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Define the terms fault and epicenter. @AlexandervonHumboldt2 @kl0723

OpenStudy (alexandervonhumboldt2):

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement along the fractures as a result of earth movement.

OpenStudy (alexandervonhumboldt2):

The epicenter, epicentre or epicentrum is the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the hypocenter or focus, the point where an earthquake or underground explosion originates.

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