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Q: What happens to rocks when earthquakes occur?
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Earthquakes can occur when the what of rocks is passed?

seismic unit


What are vibrations that occur when rocks break due to stress called?

Earthquakes


Earthquakes generally occur at plate boundaries where?

stress on rocks is greatest


Which are used for short range predictions of when earthquakes will occur?

Answer: Strain in rocks near faults.


Why do earthquakes occur the San Andrea's fault?

Earthquakes occur along the San Andreas Fault because of the tectonic plates. When the plates slip or shift, an earthquake happens.


What happens to plates at a transform plate boundary?

earthquakes occur where there are transformed boundaries.


When are rocks and land moved?

This happens during road building, mining and by natural processes such as landslides and earthquakes.


What biome do earthquakes occur in?

The lithosphere is where earthquakes occur.


What happens to earths surface as huge pieces of crust move?

most times earthquakes occur


What 3 things occur to the crust when earthquakes happen?

I do not know but the earth shakes when a earthquake happens...


Do deep earthquakes refer to earthquakes deeper than 700 km?

No, the rocks in the earth at that depth are too rigid and plastic-like to store the amount of stress needed for an earthquake to occur.


What plate boundary do earthquakes occur?

Earthquakes occur at all plate boundaries.