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Is the motion of lithospheric plates a major cause of earthquakes?
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∙ 11y ago
It is the main cause of earthquakes. However you may get minor earthquakes due to volcanic activity or mass wasting events.
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What is the following is the major cause of earthquakes?
lithospheric plates
Describe how the presence of faults and folds supports the idea that lithospheric plates are in motion?
Faults and folds just support the idea that there lithospheric plates are in motion because folds appear when the plates move towards each other. The faults appear when the plates drift apart and cause an empty space.
Are earthquakes caused by plates sliding past each other?
lithospheric plates slide scrape against each other during an earthquake which is the cause of one.
Do earthquakes cause sliding plates?
If you mean tetonic plates, then no, sliding tetonic plates cause earthquakes.
Do colliding plates cause earthquakes?
Actually colliding plates cause earthquakes
Why don't all faults cause earthquakes?
Faults are the boundaries between tectonic plates and are not the cause of earthquakes. The motion of one plate against another or the subduction of one plate by another can eventually cause a slippage, and it is this slippage that causes earthquakes.
What cause plates?
earthquakes
How motion along faults causes earthquakes?
The plates push against eachother and eventually slip which cause the ground to shake.
When plates collide they cause what?
they cause earthquakes
What two plates cause most of Alaska's earthquakes?
The Pacific and North American plates cause most of Alaska's earthquakes.
Can landslides be caused by plates in the earth moving?
Indirectly. The movement of tectonic plates is the cause of the majority of earthquakes. Earthquakes can cause landslides.
What do sliding plates release that causes earthquakes?
Sliding plates release tension and energy to cause earthquakes.
