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Is it true that tectonic plates move quickly generally shifting one mile each year?
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∙ 9y ago
No it not true
Danika Taylor
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What cuases an earhquake?
tectonic plates under the earths crust shifting
What instruments are used to study the shifting of the plates?
GPS transmitors are used to detect the slow movement of the tectonic plates.
What causes a super- continent to break apart?
The shifting of tectonic plates and continental drift.
What are the plates that make up Earth's crust?
Tectonic plates
What is normal thrust in earthquakes?
Normal thrust is the regular reaction to force when the tectonic plates are shifting. Normal thrust does not cause earthquakes.
What does it mean when tectonic plates slip?
Shifting,sliding,diverging ,converging etc . of tectonic plates.
What cause earthquakestsunamis and landslides?
Shifting of tectonic plates.
What triggers the earthquake?
Earth is made up of many tectonic plates. When these plates shift, earthquakes happen. The tectonic plates are always moving, but most of the earthquakes are tremors (depends on how close you are to the place the tectonic plates are shifting).
Are volcanoes and earthquakes manmade?
No. They are caused by the shifting of tectonic plates.
Why is ice land getting larger?
has to do with the shifting of tectonic plates
What cause earthquakes tsunamis and landslides?
Shifting of Tectonic Plates.
Why you have an earthquake?
the tectonic plates are shifting under the earths surface.
How does earthquake causes?
Tectonic plates shifting or colliding with each other
What cuases an earhquake?
tectonic plates under the earths crust shifting
What r the causes of earthquake?
Shifting of tectonic plates cause earthquakes.
What is the tearm for the slow movement of earth outer layer?
The Tectonic plates shifting
What instruments are used to study the shifting of the plates?
GPS transmitors are used to detect the slow movement of the tectonic plates.
