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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.
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∙ 12y agoNot all faults will cause earthquakes.
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When faults shift what occurs?
That causes earthquakes
Where are located the volcanoes and earthquakes?
it is at faults or cracks
What do scientists use to locate hidden faults?
Earthquakes
How do earthquakes cause deformed ground surface?
There are a few ways this can happen. First, earthquakes are associated with movement along faults. This movement can alter the surface terrain. The shaking of an earthquake can also cause wet soil and sediment to behave like a liquid.
Where does a earthquake happen?
Earthquakes occur all the time all over the world, both along plate edges and along faults.
Why don't all faults cause earthquakes?
Faults are the boundaries between tectonic plates and are not the cause of earthquakes. The motion of one plate against another or the subduction of one plate by another can eventually cause a slippage, and it is this slippage that causes earthquakes.
What are the actions of the faults?
Faults can create cracks in the earth and cause earthquakes.
What did grove Gilbert discover about earthquakes?
He saw that faults were a major cause cause of earthquakes
Do faults cause earthquakes?
no. the plates pushing against each other do.
What is the main cause of earthquake's?
The main cause of earthquakes is when there is a sudden movement of various plate boundaries or when plates scrape against each other. Some earthquakes are also caused from old plate boundaries or faults. Many earthquakes happen at faults, such as the San Andreas Fault in California.
Explain how tectonic plate motion is related to earthquakes?
It all has to do with the faults and plates of the earth.(if you don't know what those are just google them.) When they move they can cause mountains or make old mountains bigger , cause volcanos, ocean ridges and trenches, and finally earthquakes. When the faults or plates rub against each other they cause the land to also shake. Which causes earthquakes.
What cause faults and earthquakes?
Movement of tectonic plates which are parts of the Earth's crust.
Why do cracks and faults in rocks causes earthquakes?
Neither cracks nor faults cause earthquakes by themselves. It is the motion of the Earth's plates.
What does strike slip faults cause?
They can cause earthquakes or plate movements, depends how big it was. -bkinishi@yahoo.com
Do earthquakes only happen in flat surfaces?
No earthquakes do not only happen in flat surfaces. Earthquakes happen where ever two faults colide and the vibrations come through and cause an earthquake... (Hope this helps... this is all that i know...)
What type of fault causes earthquakes?
Subduction Zones and Transform faults can produce Earthquakes.
Crack in earths crust?
Cracks in the Earth's crust are called faults. They are typically a result of the action of tectonic forces and may be the cause of earthquakes.
