0
Yes they can but rupturing gas piplines, and knocking over power lines.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Does Chile earthquakes cause fires?
no
Why is fires the leading cause for earthquakes?
fires are not the leading cause of earthquakes. The earth is covered in massive plates that move around. When these plates rub against each other massive amounts of energy is built up. Earthquakes are the release of this energy.
Floods droughts fires and earthquakes are examples of .?
Floods, drought, fires and earthquakes are examples of natural disasters.
What other natural disasters occur during earthquakes?
Earthquakes can trigger landslides and can cause tsunami (tidal waves). Earthquakes also cause damage to infrastructure which can lead to fires (especially where gas pipelines are damaged) and may cause the spread of disease due to damage to water and sewer pipe lines.
How does an earthquakes cause each of these types of damage?
Earthquakes cause direct damage when the seismic disturbance weakens and collapses buildings and other infrastructures not built to withstand the tremors. This often causes great loss of life. Other damage caused by earthquakes results from landslides, mudslides, avalanches, fires, soil liquefaction and tsunamis.
Where are the local effects of an earthquakes?
Local effects of earthquakes include ground shaking and rupture, fires, and damage.
What natural disaster is caused by earthquakes but could also be caused by an asteroid?
earthquakes cause fires and tsunamis. earthquakes are caused either ice bergs falling down from somewhere e.g iceland or antarctica, or from the tetonic plates clashing together, or they go after volcanic eruptions
What is best to describe flood forest fire earthquakes?
Floods, forest fires, and earthquakes are referred to as natural disasters.
Is a fire a secondary effect of earthquakes?
Fire is often, but not always a secondary effect of earthquakes. If the earthquake strikes a populated area, it is likely to break natural gas pipes, and to cause other damage in human structures that will result in fires. In an unpopulated region, an earthquake may not cause a fire.
Can volcanoes and earthquakes cause gas lines to burst and start major fires?
I would imagine so, yeah. Although something external would have to ignite the gas.
How do earthquakes affect animals habitat?
1. Mudslides 2. trees are uprooted and fall 3. Cause fires which can wipe out forests
Why was Santa Clara de asis destroyed?
because of fires and earthquakes
