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Earthquakes occur when stress builds up within the Earth's lithosphere exceeding the strength of the rock mass along a (normally pre-existing plane of weakness known as a) fault which most commonly occurs at the boundaries of tectonic plates.
The largest earthquakes tend to occur at convergent and transform boundaries where two plates are either colliding, or sliding past each other respectively.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 10y agoIt is different for each earthquake.
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∙ 12y agoMost earthquakes last only seconds. That's why the Haiti earthquake was so devastating - it lasted more than a minute.
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∙ 12y agotill now maximum time earthquake has happened in Chile and that is 9.5 minutes we can't say if there are earthquakes in future for more time.
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∙ 12y agoanywhere from 2 seconds to 2 hours
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∙ 14y ago1 hour to 3 hours
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