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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).
What happens when Two tectonic plates scrape across one another?
Two tectonic plates commonly scrape each other at transverse boundaries. The scraping of the plates causes a lot of tension and strain which eventually causes fault lines. When the scraping is strong enough, earthquakes are felt.
What tectonic plate caused Christchurch's earthquakes?
there tectonic plates under the water. so when the tectonic plates are moved or hit each other means there will be an earthquake.
Does other planets have earthquakes?
No because the Earth has an internal core with tectonic plates that move.
Why can you have earthquakes and volcanoes when you are not at the edge of a tectonic plate?
Because an earthquake happens when 2 tectonic plates hit each other.
What causes earthquakes to occur?
two tectonic plates floating into each other.
When two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally it usually causes?
earthquakes
How does tectonic plate movement affect the environment?
It causes earthquakes when the plates hit each other.
What causes earthquakes at the edges of tectonic plates?
Earthquakes are mostly found at the edges of plates because that is the area of which the plates collide in different ways resulting in earthquakes and volcanoes.
Where do earthquakes form and where they are find?
Anywhere there are tectonic plates, and when two tectonic plates hit each other
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).
What different media do earthquakes waves travel through?
hey travel through p waves and other ones too
Where do earthquakes occur commonly?
Along fault lines. Major fault lines occur where the tectonic plates meet each other. The plates will either rub against each other or one will force the other underneath it, which commonly causes earthquakes.
How do to use tectonic plates in a sentence?
A long section of tectonic plates under California means the State experiences small earthquakes every day.The tectonic plates under Mount Everest produced a 7.8 earthquake in Nepal in May 2015.Scientists know that as tectonic plates pass move by each other, it causes major upheaval underground which causes an earthquake.
What happens when Two tectonic plates scrape across one another?
Two tectonic plates commonly scrape each other at transverse boundaries. The scraping of the plates causes a lot of tension and strain which eventually causes fault lines. When the scraping is strong enough, earthquakes are felt.
What tectonic plate caused Christchurch's earthquakes?
there tectonic plates under the water. so when the tectonic plates are moved or hit each other means there will be an earthquake.
Why do earthquakes start at all?
That heat from the earth's mantle causes the tectonic or lithospheric plates of the earth's crust to move away or toward each other is the reason why earthquakes start.
