What happens in the process of faulting?

Answer 1

Earthquakes are formed underground when the dirt and molten get to squeezed together and it makes a crack in the earths surface and causes the earthquake to form underground causing the earth to shake so it erupts or in a more simple way when 2 plates rub together sending tremors through the earth.

Answer 2

All the world is 'floating' as it were on a number of so-called tectonic plates that very slowly move and regularly collide. The lines where they border each other we call 'faults'. When they do collide, one plate slides underneath or alongside the other. That is not a gradual process: the other plate does not yield easily so enormous pressure first builds up, and then - when the pressure has become irresistible - the plate moves forward with a shock. That's in simple terms when you get an earthquake.

Answer 3

The surface of earth is in constant motion because of forces inside the planet. These forces cause sections of earth's surface, called plates, to move.

Answer 4

Plates slip or grind past each other :)

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