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Earthquakes occur along fault lines and the edges of tectonic plates. These are areas where the earth's plates move against each other. When they slide past each other, earthquakes occur.
They slide past each other slowly, but when there is an event when they slide a bit too fast, then you get an earthquake.
Earthquakes
The plates slide past each other. It can cause earthquakes.
it is a transform fault and earthquakes naturakly are going to occur
Earthquakes are the natural phenomenon that often occur at transform boundaries. An example is the San Andreas Fault, which has caused several catastrophic earthquakes.
No. Earthquakes happen when two plates pull apart.
Earthquakes occur frequently along the edges of fault lines. This is caused when two plates collide into or slide past each other. This will send shockwaves around the epicenter, resulting in an earthquake.
Earthquakes occur and faults are created. (Next: transform boundary) no crust is created or destroyed.
earthquakes are most likely to occur at the boundaries of tectonic plates. Especially at transform or convergent boundaries where the two plates are being forced to slide past each other or against each other.
Usually earthquakes occur when the tectonic plate slide across each other, and depending on the severity or length of that movement, the damage and strength may vary.
The cause of earthquakes in those particular places is due to plate tectonics, where plates pull apart and slide by each other, or collide. These plates shift up against each other, and this causes an earthquake. The plate tectonic boundaries are where these earthquakes occur, and they won't occur in the middle of America since there is no fault line or plate tectonic boundaries.