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What is the central idea of earthquakes?
The earth is made up of tectonic plates whose movements when they meet result in earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
Where do most earthquakes and volcanos occure?
they are formed along the crustal movements of the earth.
Do earthquakes trigger tsunami's?
Tsunami's can be triggered by earthquakes that happen underneath the ocean floor.
Can the US gov create an earthquake?
no. earthquakes are set off by sudden movements in the earths crust
What is the different between slow movements of earths surface and earthquakes?
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What is the central idea of earthquakes?
The earth is made up of tectonic plates whose movements when they meet result in earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
What are earthquakes related to?
Earthquakes are related to plate movements as it is caused by them.
I want an information on earthquakes?
earthquakes are movements on the earths surface
What four types of plate movements can cause earthquakes?
There are three types of plate movements that can cause earthquakes. Lateral, convergent, and divergent.
What causes the movements of the lithosphere?
volcanos and earthquakes
Why have so many people been killed by earthquakes in Turkey Not just recent pass as well?
The Arabian plate is colliding with the Eurasian plate and pushing up the mountains and plateaus of Turkey and Iran. These same movements often result in earthquakes.
What two natural disaster are commonly associated with the movements of plates?
Earthquakes and tsunamis.
Which plate boundaries and movements most commonly create earthquakes?
The tectonic plates and the fault lines create movements that most commonly create earthquakes. Earthquakes occur along the fault lines, causing the tectonic plates to shift.
Why does the Philippines experience frquient eartquakes?
The Philippine archipelago runs adjacent to a destructive tectonic plate boundary. The movements on at this boundary cause the build up of stresses in the Earth's crust in the region. These stresses are relived by movements of the crust which result in earthquakes.
What moves mountains?
Earthquakes, and other large movements of ground
What is the relationship between earthquakes and crustal movement?
Crustal movements cause earthquakes because of the sound waves and the movement underground.
Are earthquakes caused by galactic forces?
No, they are caused by tectonic plate movements.
