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Are earthquakes caused by volcanic activity or is volcanic activity caused by earthquakes?
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∙ 9y ago
In most cases, neither. Most earthquakes are the result of plate tectonics and most volcanoes form from plate tectonics as well, but one does not usually cause the other. However, volcanoes can and do cause earthquakes, espcially if they are getting ready to erupt. On rarer occasions, earthquakes have been suspected of triggering volcanic eruptions.
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Has an earthquake ever caused a tsunami?
Earthquakes can cause tsunamis, along with landslides and volcanic activity in the sea. Practically any disturbance in the ocean can cause a tsunami, and most major tsunamis are caused by earthquakes.
What is the main theory about the cause of volcanic activity and earthquakes in this region?
Plate tectonics.
Which type of boundary lacks volcanic activity but has a large amount of earthquakes?
Transform fault
What is tectonic activities?
Tectonic Activity- activity that occurs as a result of tectonic plate movement, for example: earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building in general.
Can lightning cause earthquakes?
No There are two main causes of earthquakes. Firstly, they can be linked to explosive volcanic eruptions; they are in fact very common in areas of volcanic activity where they either proceed or accompany eruptions. Secondly, they can be triggered by Tectonic activity associated with plate margins and faults. The majority of earthquakes world wide are of this type.
Describe the two kinds of earthquake?
tectonic earthquakes- shifting and moving of crustal platesvolcanic earthquakes-earthquake caused by a volcanic activity/eruption
What are 2 causes of earthquake?
earthquakes can be caused by either tectonic or volcanic. Tectonic earthquakes are caused by movement of tectonic plates underneath the earth surface. Volcanic earthquakes are caused by volcanic activities underneath or above earth's surface.
Are there earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in the san Andreas fault?
The San Andreas fault produces earthquakes, but not volcanic activity.
Has an earthquake ever caused a tsunami?
Earthquakes can cause tsunamis, along with landslides and volcanic activity in the sea. Practically any disturbance in the ocean can cause a tsunami, and most major tsunamis are caused by earthquakes.
Can plate tectonics provide an answer to earthquakes and volcanic activity?
NO!
What volcanic activity caused the most destruction in Pompeii?
volcanic activity caused the most destruction in pompeii
Can earthquakes occur when a volcano erupts?
Yes. In fact, earthquakes and tremors usually precede the eruption of a volcano and are caused by the volcanic activity and pressure building up beneath the ground.
Do earthquakes make mountains?
No.Mountains are the result of continental drift an volcanic activity. Earthquakes are also the result of continental drift an volcanic activity. Thus the two go together but the earthquakes do not cause the mountains.
They occur at fault lines and near volcanic activity?
earthquakes
Are volcanic islands caused by earthquakes?
It is more accurate to say that the process that creates volcanic islands also produces earthquakes.
Was the Indian Ocean earthquake from an active dormant or extinct source?
Large earthquakes are not caused by volcanic activity - it can be the other way around, when nearby earthquakes trigger eruptions by destabilizing the magma structures.
Which boundaries are converged boundaries?
earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, and avalanches.
