seismic plates, or tectonic plates, are huge 'plates' of rocks that exist beneath the earth's surface that rest upon molten rock. It is on the borders of these plates that 'fault lines' occur and these are hotspots of volcanic and seismic activity such as earthquakes.
Frequent seismic activity
no.
when tectonics plates move suddenly/slip and cause a seismic wave
seismic unit
Like a polyghraph squiggles show the techtonic plates moving.
Seismic shifting is the shifting of the earth's crustal plates, causing seismic activity.
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Frequent seismic activity
Earthquakes are when the seismic plates on the earths crust move after pressure from on another is exceeded, seismic waves are produced after an earthquake, and can turn into a tsunami.
no. It is the study of the tectonic plates and the earthquakes that form. It studies the seismic activities of these plates. Thus seismology.
no.
Seismic waves originate along fault lines because that is an edge of a tectonic plate. Imagine the tectonic plates as pieces of a puzzle. The fault line is the wavy side or edge in the piece and the pieces fit together. Whenever the plates move, they rub against the tectonic plates or puzzle pieces on their sides creating seismic waves.
No, it depends on how much pressure the tectonic plates collide with
when tectonics plates move suddenly/slip and cause a seismic wave
when tectonics plates move suddenly/slip and cause a seismic wave
seismic unit
No. A seismic wave can simply be though of as an "earthquake wave". Seismic waves originate in the tectonic plates of the Earth as they crash against each other, causing a vibration.