When tectonic plates move it causes what in the earths crust?

Answer 1

When two tectonic plates slide past each other a transform fault is created. This type of fault is known for many earthquakes, yet due to the fault not changing elevation during a seismic event, these faults are not associated normally with tsunami's or volcanoes. A good example of a fault of this type is the San Andreas fault system.

Answer 2

Movement of Earth's crust along plat boundaries produces either an earth quake, a tsnami, or either the building of a mountain. It all depends how bad the movement along the crust is.

Answer 3

It results in magmatic intrusions and possibly volcanism and divergence of plates.

Answer 4

Earth Quakes, are created by such action therby the earth seems to open up, but it is just the crack formed by the two plates jumping over another plate.

Answer 5

Movement to the tectonic plates creates volcanoes, mountains and crevices in the earth's crust.

Answer 6

earthquakes (:

Answer 7

it causes an earthquake like whathappenedin Japan

Answer 8

earthquakes

Answer 9

earthquakes