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What is the cause for earthquakes in Japan?
The Movement of Techtonic Plates causes the earthquakes in Japan.
Can earthquakes cause the end of the world?
Maybe, if a series of 8.0 earthquakes occurr on every part of the globe.
Where are volcanoes and earthquakes most likely to occur in southwest Asia and africa?
There are faultlines along the bottom of the Levant coastline, the Red Sea, and the Olduvai Gorge. Earthquakes happen in those areas. There are no significant volcanoes in the Middle East or Africa.
What would posiedon use to create havoc for?
Just because he was in a bad mood, he would cause springs, earthquakes, ship wrecks and drownings. He would strike the ground with his Trident
Did ancient Mesopotamia have earthquakes?
mesopotamia had earthquakes, they had a large one in 1060, but other tha that nothing huge
What two plates cause most of Alaska's earthquakes?
The Pacific and North American plates cause most of Alaska's earthquakes.
Which type of plate boundary is responsible for the most powerful earthquakes?
Transform Boundaries are the cause of earthquakes.
What is the cause of most earthquakes?
the movement of tectonic or lithoshereic plates
What is the cause of most tsunami's?
Undersea earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
What causes tsnamis?
earthquakes are the most things that cause a tsunamis
Does subduction cause earthquakes?
Yes. It is also the type most likely to cause a tsunami.
What regions do most earthquakes occur in?
Usually in the United States have the most earthquakes but, if you live there, don't worry 'cause they're usually harmless.
Do lightning cause Earthquakes?
No, lightning does not cause earthquakes.
Why does an earthquake zone have earthquakes if no volcanoes are there?
Volcanoes are not the primary cause of earthquakes. Most earthquakes result from the stresses created by tectonic plates moving past or against one another. At transform boundaries there is no mechanism to produce volcanoes, but the movement of the plates will still cause earthquakes. Stresses within a plate can also cause earthquakes.
Are earthquakes caused by volcanic activity or is volcanic activity caused by earthquakes?
In most cases, neither. Most earthquakes are the result of plate tectonics and most volcanoes form from plate tectonics as well, but one does not usually cause the other. However, volcanoes can and do cause earthquakes, espcially if they are getting ready to erupt. On rarer occasions, earthquakes have been suspected of triggering volcanic eruptions.
What cause most earthquakes?
when tectonic plates slide past eachother
Why is Japan having the most earthquakes and tsunamis?
cause Japan does sometimes
