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What is theTheory which explains volcanic earthquake activity in terms of plate movement?
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Earthquake activity in California is primarily caused by?
slipping plate movement.
What is the main cause for earthquake activity in the ring of fire?
Tectonic Plate movement
The belts of earthquake activity follow closely the boundaries of what earth phenomenon?
movement of plate tectonics??
What are natural causes of an earthquake?
The movement of the earth's crust and the plate boundaries, cause seismic activity, which causes the earth to rumble, causing the feel of an 'earthquake'.
What factors increase the potential for mass movement?
Gravity is one, volcanic activity, Mudslides, Earthquake shocks, Human modifications.
What theory explains the movement of Earth's upper layer?
The tectonic plate theory accounts for most, if not all, surface geological activity.
What is a movement in the ground caused by a sudden release of energy under the Earth's crust?
A shift in the earth's crust to relieve pressure, and therefore release energy, is an earthquake.
Is there an relationship between earthquake zones and topography?
Yes, active faults may appear on the surface in the form of mountains and valleys. This tends to be the result of fault movement/earthquake activity over millions of years.
Movement of plates?
an earthquake...?
Is the focus of an earthquake the where the movement first occurs?
the first place where the movement first occurs in an earthquake is the focus.
Earthquake activity can be caused by what movement of plates?
The movement of two plates sliding past eachother, one plate being subducted under another, and two plates being pushed apart. Hope this helped.
What is the rapid mass movement of rock down a cliff?
a sudden movement in earths crust is an earthquake
