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Do tectonic plates move quickly generally shifting one mile each year?
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What does it mean when tectonic plates slip?
Shifting,sliding,diverging ,converging etc . of tectonic plates.
What triggers the earthquake?
Earth is made up of many tectonic plates. When these plates shift, earthquakes happen. The tectonic plates are always moving, but most of the earthquakes are tremors (depends on how close you are to the place the tectonic plates are shifting).
Do you think that earthquakes happened million of years ago?
Sure, of course. Millions of years ago, tectonic plates were shifting just as they are today, and shifting tectonic plates can and do cause earthquakes, therefor earthquakes did occur millions of years ago.
What is the most common way mountains form?
Mountains form on shifting tectonic plates
What do shifting tectonic cause?
shifting tectonic plates cause continents to move a few inches every year. also, if the plates start rubbing against each other, they can cause severe earthquakes. plates hitting and pushing toward each other can form mountains or volcanoes.
Is it true that tectonic plates move quickly generally shifting one mile each year?
No it not true
What does it mean when tectonic plates slip?
Shifting,sliding,diverging ,converging etc . of tectonic plates.
What cause earthquakestsunamis and landslides?
Shifting of tectonic plates.
What triggers the earthquake?
Earth is made up of many tectonic plates. When these plates shift, earthquakes happen. The tectonic plates are always moving, but most of the earthquakes are tremors (depends on how close you are to the place the tectonic plates are shifting).
What cause earthquakes tsunamis and landslides?
Shifting of Tectonic Plates.
Are volcanoes and earthquakes manmade?
No. They are caused by the shifting of tectonic plates.
Why is ice land getting larger?
has to do with the shifting of tectonic plates
Why you have an earthquake?
the tectonic plates are shifting under the earths surface.
How does earthquake causes?
Tectonic plates shifting or colliding with each other
What cuases an earhquake?
tectonic plates under the earths crust shifting
What r the causes of earthquake?
Shifting of tectonic plates cause earthquakes.
What is the tearm for the slow movement of earth outer layer?
The Tectonic plates shifting
