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Actually colliding plates cause earthquakes
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∙ 12y agoYes coliding plates do so do splitting apart plates
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What are underground plates called?
sliding,seperating,and colliding plates and tectonic plate . Tectonic plates are the one which cause earthquakes
What do colliding plates cause?
Colliding plates cause mountain ranges to grow.
What can be caused by slipping sliding and colliding of the tectonic plates?
Seismic Activity - Earthquakes or Tremors which in turn can cause can cause oceanic disturbances such as Tsunami's
Why do you have earthquakes in California?
because shifting of plates colliding together
What would happen if plates kept on colliding?
earthquakes and volcanoes
The kind of plates that cause mountains to form?
colliding plates
Do earthquakes cause sliding plates?
If you mean tetonic plates, then no, sliding tetonic plates cause earthquakes.
Why do some earthquakes cause tsunamies?
earthquakes can cause tsunamis because the earth's plates, (search up earth's plates on Google...) slowly move colliding against each other causing violent trembles known as earthquakes. because the ocean is covering the earth's plates up we cannot see that it is moving plates that are causing massive waves called "tsunamis." - by Sheenji- sheenjiberry@gmail.com
What is cause by continents colliding?
Earthquakes, follwed by tidal waves.
What occurs at a transform boundary?
The plates slide past each other. It can cause earthquakes.
What cause plates?
earthquakes
How old are earthquakes?
Earthquakes are as old as time. Earthquakes are the continental plates colliding and failing to keep straight, pushing one plate over the other and shaking the ground.
