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Title: ELASTIC REBOUND
Caption: Top: At Time 1 there is no significant accumulation of strain or deformation along the fault. Elastic strain builds as stress is gradually applied from the movement of the blocks of the crust on opposite sides of the fault.
Keywords: earthquakes, earthquake damage, destruction, strike-slip faults, cycles, strain, deformation