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Can shaking during an earthquake cause significant damage to buildings and infrastructure?

Yes, shaking during an earthquake can cause significant damage to buildings and infrastructure.


Why is there noise with an earthquake?

The movment does cause the rattle of buildings shaking as well.


Violent shaking from an earthquake can cause soil and rock on slopes to fail and cause a?

landslide


What is the process in which shaking causes soil to act like a liquid?

Violent shaking can cause certain soils to flow. The shaking results from a nearby earthquake.


Does shaking of the earth cause any damage?

Yes. A shaking of the earth is call an earthquake. In some cases earthquakes can be absolutely devastating.


Violent shaking from an earthquake can cause soil and rock on slopes to move and cause a?

landslide. The shaking reduces the friction between the soil and rock layers, making them more susceptible to sliding downhill. This can result in dangerous and destructive movement of material that can impact lives and infrastructure.


What is seismic shaking-?

"Seismic" refers to an earthquake, so seismic shaking is the shaking motion of the earth (and things on it) caused by an earthquake. There are different waves that emanate from the hypocenter, or point of origin.


Can a baby get shaken baby syndrome from earthquake?

No. The type of shaking in an earthquake is not the same as the type needed to cause shaken baby syndrome.


Why tsunami happened in Japan?

The tsunami in Japan occurred because when the tectonic plates under ground move they cause an earthquake. Sometimes an earthquake can cause a tsunami from shaking underwater.


How does earthquake cause landslide?

Earthquakes cause shaking that causes soil, rocks to slide down a mountain side. The longer the earthquake the more likely there will be large landslides. Volcanoes can also cause landslides when they erupt.


What does it mean when your shaking?

There is an earthquake


Do earthquakes cause volcanoes to erupt?

i think so because if a earthquake is close to a volcano the the shaking from a earthquake will put a crack in the volcano lava chamber and then the volcano erupt.