1. Earthquake: shaking and trembling at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity. An earthquake is a vibration or a shaking movement of the Earth?s surface. Earthquakes typically result from the movement of faults, quasi-planar zones of deformation within its uppermost layers.2. Earthquakes can?t be prevented, but they can be mitigated.3. Hypocenter is the point where the earthquake rupture begins, usually deep down on the...