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What causses an earthquake?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

An Earthquake is caused when tectonic plates bump together and cause friction. This movement can send tremors up through the Earth and can spread out over very large distances. Or you could think of it as the tectonic plates are like puzzle pieces, they slot together as their surfaces are rough. If one came unstuck on one of the faults (which make up plate boundaries) i would cause and Earthquake.

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