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What fault is responsible for creating earthquakes in central us?
There are several thrust faults that stretch from Arkansas to Illinois. Collectively they are known as the New Madrid Seismic Zone or New Madrid Fault Line. It is a source of intraplate earthquakes or earthquake within a tectonic plate.
What is the difference between long-term earthquakes and short-term?
long term earthquakes are earthquakes that are for a long period of time and short term earthquakes are when the earthquakes are for a short period of time
What are our responsibilities to Earthquakes?
We have no responsibilities towards earthquakes
Does Brazil experience earthquakes?
I do not agree that Brazil has earthquakes.
Is Chile prone to earthquakes?
Chile is highly prone to earthquakes
How many earthquakes have occurred in Illinois?
beats met
Why is gold in California but not Illinois?
California has more earthquakes and the type of rock where gold is. In Illinois, we have mostly sedimentary rock so we don't have gold deposits.
Why is it less likely to get an earthquake in Chicago Illinois?
Chicago is not on a fault line so there can't be earthquakes.
Why does California have more earthquakes than Illinois?
California is located in a geologically active area where two of Earth's tectonic plates slide past each other. This movement builds up tension that is released in the form of earthquakes. Illinois is located in the middle of the North American plate, in an area that has been stable and relatively inactive for hundreds of millions of years, making earthquakes rare.
Why would an earthquake most likely happen in California than Illinois?
Because California has a transform boundary which is a source of earthquakes.
How many states reported no earthquakes between 1974 and 2006?
Since 1900, earthquakes have occurred in 39 U.S. states. Minor earthquakes, for instance, struck states such as Illinois and Nevada in 2008. There has not been a major quake on the U.S. mainland, however, since the 6.7 magnitude Northridge, California, event in January 1994.
What fault is responsible for creating earthquakes in central us?
There are several thrust faults that stretch from Arkansas to Illinois. Collectively they are known as the New Madrid Seismic Zone or New Madrid Fault Line. It is a source of intraplate earthquakes or earthquake within a tectonic plate.
What geologic events occur at transform boundries?
Earthquakes
Is release to do with volcanoes or earthquakes?
earthquakes
How earthquakes are meassured?
How earthquakes are meassured
What is earthquakes and its causes?
Earthquakes are cool...
Do they have earthquakes in Belize?
no belize does not have earthquakes
