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The earth has a series of tech tonic plates which shift every one-in-a-while. Thus a series of vibrations induced in the earth's crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating.
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∙ 13y agoWhen Tectonic plates rub against each other, pressure builds up. when the pressure becomes too great, the plates suddenly jolt, which is ll an earthquake is.
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What is the effect of a strike slip fault?
Earthquakes
When do earthquakes strike?
When the earth's plates collide.
How do you put the word strike in a sentence?
(v) Earthquakes often strike without warning.
Do earthquakes and volcanoes strike in heavily populated areas?
not necessarily, they strike on the fault lines of tectonic plates, when the plates bump into each other, they create volcanoes or earthquakes
Where does earthquakes strike the most?
They strike the most where tectonic plates are found and when the hit each other
Are all earthquakes the same?
No. Earthquakes differ in cause (strike-slip, megathrust, volcanic, etc.) and in intensity.
Are tornadoes or earthquakes worse?
Earthquakes are worse. Earthquakes strike with no warning and cover a larger area than tornadoes and can have much higher death tolls, especially those that trigger tsunamis.
Does Japan have any solutions to their earthquakes?
The construct buildings knowing that earthquakes can strike.Many buildings are made to wobble when earthquakes strike. This gives a better chance for the building to absorb the earthquake and remain standing.
When do tsunamis strike?
Typically after deep sea earthquakes or during particularly violent hurricanes.
Do earthquakes have seasons?
No.They strike near the boundries of tectonic plates.There for it could be whenever.
What ways earthquakes shake?
they can shake in reverse fault, normal fault, strike-slip fault.
Why when and where do earthquakes strike?
It is when two plates in the earth because of the release of stress or tension in the earth's lithosphere.
