An earthquake is best described as a

Explanation: hey,

An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of stored energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves.

Earthquakes are accordingly measured with a seismometer, commonly known as a seismograph.

The magnitude of an earthquake is conventionally reported using the Richter scale or a related Moment scale (with magnitude 3 or lower earthquakes being hard to notice and magnitude 7 causing serious damage over large areas).

At the Earth's surface, earthquakes may manifest themselves by a shaking or displacement of the ground.

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question - how does mountainous terrain affect settlements in a region? choose all answers that are correct.

groups trade with each other regularly.

people travel from settlement to settlement.

why: since they travel to go trade or visit it may be harder to get there because of the mountainous terrain.

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