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Large earthquakes - scientists predict they should happen every 80 years.
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How often do large earthquakes happen along the San Andreas?
There are numerous earthquakes every day along the faultline, however many are weak and cause little or no damage.
Why are the people in Chile prepared for earthquakes?
Because earthquakes happen very often there.
Can earthquakes happen in Thailand?
Earthquakes happen everyday everywhere so yes thialand often has earth quakes.
Do earthquakes happen in Antarctica?
Yes, but not very often.
Do earthquakes often occur at at faults that are away from plate boundaries?
Yes, but not as often as earthquakes happen near plate boundaries
How often do earthquakes happen in the world?
According to the US Geological Survey, it is estimated that there are around 500,000 earthquakes every year. Approximately 1/5 of these will be large enough to be felt by humans and only 100 of them will be large enough to cause damage.
Can an earthquake happen during a volcano?
Something cannot happen during a volcano, as a volcano is a thing, not an event. However, earthquakes often do happen during volcanic eruptions. This is because of the often large amounts of magma moving underground, breaking rock around it.
Why do strong earthquakes happen in ceartain places?
The earth's crust is divided up into large sections called tectonic plates. The plates slowly grind past each other, which often builds up tension. When this tension is released earthquakes are the result. For this reason nearly all major earthquakes happen at the boundaries between plates.
Why is large earthquakes often followed by numerous aftershock?
why ARE large earthquakes.... ANSWER- Aftershocks happen after a big earthquake because the movement on the fault changed the forces in the earth that act on the fault itself and nearby. Aftershocks go on until the fault recovers, which takes much longer in the middle of a continent.
Earthquakes happen most often east of the Rocky Mountains?
Bra it happen everywere becuz wear is everywere
How does the stress in Earth's crust change the surface?
it means earthquakes will happen more often
Why are people more prepared for a hurricane then an earthquake?
hurricanes don't happen as often as earthquakes
