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What is happening in Earth's crust along the fault to cause California to be so prone to earthquakes?
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California in on a plate boundary where the Pacific plate and the North American plate are moving along side each other.
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What percent of earths earthquakes occur along the ring of fire?
About 90% of the world's earthquakes and 80% of the world's largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire.
What is happening to the plates along the san Andreas fault?
they are making earthquakes
What often occurs along faults or breaks in earths crust where movement occurs?
earthquakes
What often happens along large cracks called faults at the edge of the Earths plates?
Earthquakes
What often occurs along faults or breaks in earths crust where movements occur?
fault
What is happening to the plates along the fault?
sliding up next to each other causing earthquakes
What happens along a fault beneath earths surface when earthquakes happen?
If the fault is responsible for the earthquake, there will be movement (displacement) along the fault.
Why does California have earthquakes and not Arizona?
Arizona does have earthquakes, just not to the degree that California does. The fact that California has an incredible number of faults and is located along a plate boundary is the biggest contributor to their number and magnitude.
Earthquakes result when forces push what along faults in earths lithosphere?
Earthquakes result when forces push plates along faults in the Earth's lithosphere. These plates are comprised of the crust and a portion of the upper mantle.
Do scientist have the power to control or predict earthquakes?
Scientists have no power to control earthquakes, nor to specifically predict them, but a logical area that the earthquakes would take place is along the plates of the earths crust. (Their shifting leads to earthquakes)
Which of these events is caused by contact forces?
earthquakes along the San Andreas fault in California
Would you expect many earthquakes to happen along the ring of fire?
Actually i found the answer. A lot of earths plates are found there and they rub against each other a causing earthquakes.
