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Can earthquakes affect plate tectonics?
Earthquakes are really the result of plate tectonics, not the cause. The moving plates touch at their boundaries and then occasionally suddenly slip. The sudden slip are the earthquakes.
What is caused by sudden displacements along fault fissures in the solid and rigid layer of the earth?
Sudden displacements along fault fissures can cause tremors and earthquakes.
What is the main cause of earthquake's?
The main cause of earthquakes is when there is a sudden movement of various plate boundaries or when plates scrape against each other. Some earthquakes are also caused from old plate boundaries or faults. Many earthquakes happen at faults, such as the San Andreas Fault in California.
How does sudden shifts in the Earth's crust affect the ocean?
It usually causes earthquakes. The earth quakes can cause tsunamis.
What triggers to cause an earthquake before a volcano happens?
Earthquakes are caused by a sudden surge of magma from the Earth's mantle.
How are earthquakes created in the water?
They are not. Earthquakes at sea occur in the sea bed under the water, the same as they do on any part of the land. Sometimes this sudden movement will cause enough of the seabed to shift so as to cause a tsunami.
Why do a earthquakes occur?
Earthquakes are, basically, caused by the sudden release of pressure that has built up in the under-laying rock strata. This sudden release sends shock ways radiating out from the epicentre, that shakes buildings and can cause much damage and loss of life.
What are the events that cause the Earth to quake and shake?
The events that cause the Earth to quake and shake are earthquakes. An earthquake is caused when there is sudden movement under the Earth's surface.
What is a sudden movement in the Earth's crust?
earthquakes
What is the sudden movement of a rock masses as a result of tech tonic earthquakes?
The sudden movement in rock mass causes earthquakes. This is when the rock mass comes together and collapses.
Do lightning cause Earthquakes?
No, lightning does not cause earthquakes.
What is the most common cause of tsunamis?
Tsunami are waves caused by sudden movement of the ocean due to earthquakes, landslides on the sea floor, land slumping into the ocean, large volcanic eruptions or meteorite impact in the ocean.
