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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.
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.
Floods droughts fires and earthquakes are examples of .?
Floods, drought, fires and earthquakes are examples of natural disasters.
How do hurricanes cause tsunamis and fires?
Hurricanes do not directly cause tsunamis. Tsunamis are typically triggered by underwater earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides. Regarding fires, hurricanes can disrupt power lines, leading to sparks that can ignite fires. Strong winds can also spread fires by carrying burning debris.
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.
Why was Santa Clara de asis destroyed?
because of fires and earthquakes
How can earthquakes cause fire?
Earthquakes often break gas mains, causing flammable natural gas to fill damaged spaces. This easily catches fire from electrical sparks or automobiles. Power lines can cause fires due to damage by falling trees, buildings, and so on. Earthquakes destroy kitchens, throwing cooking fuel around in places where kerosene, butane, or alcohol are used for fuel. Earthquakes damage chimneys on homes and people unknowingly build fires which jump from damaged chimneys into attics and onto roofs. To make matters worse, an earthquake can damage the water mains that supply the fire hydrants that are needed put out the fires. The Great Fire of San Francisco (1906) was the result of an earthquake.
