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That heat from the earth's mantle causes the tectonic or lithospheric plates of the earth's crust to move away or toward each other is the reason why earthquakes start.
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Can Earthquakes start on land?
Yes. Most do start on land
What plate boundary do earthquakes occur?
Earthquakes occur at all plate boundaries.
All faults will cause earthquakes?
It all depends on how big the fault is, bigger ones will cause bigger earthquakes, while smaller, or small ones may cause no earthquake at all.
What is a major problem with predicting earthquakes?
No single change occurs before all earthquakes.
Do earthquakes trigger tsunami's?
Tsunami's can be triggered by earthquakes that happen underneath the ocean floor.
When did the earthquakes start happening?
There are earthquakes all the time, and there have been earthquake since the Earth was created.
Why do we have earthquakes?
earthquakes are start when two plates start to rub next to each other and the country on top starts to move there a earthquakes all around the world .
Are earthquakes good to the ocean?
Wow some earthquakes start in the ocean
All about earthquakes?
All about earthquakes is everything you need to know about earthquakes, googl it you dodo
When did they start recording earthquakes?
1969
How do tsunamy start?
Earthquakes in or near the ocean start tsunamis.
Can Earthquakes start on land?
Yes. Most do start on land
Do all tsunamis start with earthquakes?
No. Tsunamis may be caused by landslides, volcanic eruptions and, on rare occasions, asteroid impacts.
Are there earthquakes in the water?
Earthquakes IN the water? No. Earthquakes UNDER the water, yes - underwater earthquakes cause most of the Tsunamis, including the one that hit Indonesia a couple of years ago. Yes There are earthquakes under the water; many of them start there.
What can a earthquakes affects are?
the plates underground start to shake
Do earthquakes start at the epicenter?
Yes earthquakes start at the epicentre and in waves the energy ripples out across continents giving us the shaking feeling like an earthquake is happening.
How do tsunamis get so powerful?
They get their power from underwater earthquakes in which the water reacts with those earthquakes. They all start out when the tetonic plates on the earth's surface collide with each other. Look it up!
