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Is the San Andreas Fault going too cause an earthquake?
No, it's not a cause but a result of an earlier quake and has a potential of a major in future.
Is there going to be a earthquake 8.9 in California on Thursday?
There is no way of predicting an earthquake, but it is unlikely that a major earthquake will strike a location on any given day. The San Andreas Fault probably isn't capable of generating something as large as an 8.9.
Why is LA commonly hit by earthquakes?
They are preparing them selfs becouse we live right on top of the san andreas faut and we fear that the "bigone" is going to happen soon
What type of late movement has created the San Andreas Fault in California?
Platetectonics, from the pacific going down under the u.s.
What is the term for the place where slippage first occurs in an earthquake?
The term for the place where slippage first occurs in an earthquake is the "focus" or "hypocenter." This is the point within the Earth where the seismic energy is released and where the fault rupture begins.
The blank is an example of a transform boundary?
Haiti is an example of a transform boundary, because the left side of Haiti (where Port Au Prince is located) is the boundary of a tectonic plate that is sliding past another tectonic plate going in the other direction (Transform boundary). Because of this, a lot of tension builds up between the two plates, until an earthquake occurs when they slide past each other. (Keep in mind that tectonic plates move very little, and it took Pangea 250 million years to become what we see the world as now).Think, today (this is recent news as of January 20, 2010) when you turn on the news you hear of the devastating effects of a 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. This was because of the tectonic plates going in opposite directions against each other, i.e. the transform boundary!The most famous example is the San Andreas Fault in California.Transform boundaries -- where crust is neither produced nor .... one of the most visible and spectacular consequences of plate tectonics. ... However, a few occur on land, for example the San Andreas fault zone in California.
Is California going to be underwater in 2015?
No the time-scales for that sort of displacement along the San Andreas fault are on the order of millions of years not decades.
How did Haiti get an earthquake?
Haiti is located on a major fault line where the Caribbean and North American tectonic plates interact. The 2010 earthquake in Haiti was caused by a slip along the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone, releasing accumulated stress in the Earth's crust.
Under what circumstances will earthquake occur?
When slippage and movement of a fault occurs, an earthquake results. A fault is a fracture in the Earth's crust. An earthquake is the vibration of Earth produced by the rapid release of energy, usually along a fault.
If your car broke down on the highway and you got hit from behind by a truck who is at fault?
Well it's his fault cause he should have been watching were he was going.
How does the theory of plate tectonics explain what happened in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake?
The earth is covered by plates of stone and dirt, that fit together pretty well but not like a puzzle. When they grate together they form fault lines. Mountain ranges are the plates, when the plates ht one went up and the other when down. Most of them are still going up. San Francisco was (and is) built on a fault line and every once in a while the plates shift and there is an earth quake.
Did god cause the tsunami in japan?
The earthquake caused the tsunami in Japan. And plate tectonics - which have been going on under the earths surface since the earth formed - caused the earthquake.
