What is the definition of shearing when talking about earthquakes?

Shearing is something that happens when two plates from transform boundaries slide past each other. This kind of stress is called shearing. so when two plates are rubbing up against each other basically. go to this website to get another definition and a picture. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/glossary/?term=shear%20stress ...

There are three types of stress tension, compression, and shearing they all cause earthquakes. ...

Tension, Compression, and Shearing they all create earthquakes

The simplest definition for "Sysmology" is: the study of earthquakes.

It states that shearing force per unit area is proportional to negative of velocity gradient. ...

It depends. Are you talking about the god? Yes, Neptune the god controls earthquakes but if the planet has them is unknown so far. ...

shearing mean change in shape

examples of geophysical hazards are volcanoes and earthquakes.

talking animals is the basal definition for a fable.

It depends which London you are talking about. London, England, is not experiencing any earthquakes, as England cannot actually have earthquakes. ...

if you are talking about deformation, it does cause earthquakes but they are very small ...

Peter Shearing was born in 1938.

The Shearing Touch was created in 1960.

Rebecca Shearing was born in 1992.

shearing stress to shearing strain

A hypothesis that stated that sections of active faults that have had relatively few earthquakes are likely to be the sites of strong earthquakes in the future. ...

Look it The shearing action/force which takes place in y-direction(transverse dirn.)is known as transverse shear........... ...

it is earthquakes, tsunami, volcanoes, tornado, anything of nature

Shearing of rocks is when rocks are pushed in opposite directions.

shearing is when rocks pushes in opposite directions

They are measured on the Richter Scale, if you are talking about the magnitude ...

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Transform boundry, or what's known as shearing. It causes the plates to move past each other causing earthquakes in any areas. ...

Plate are part of ground on earth crust that are moved by magma. When the plate hit each other they cause earthquakes. ...

shearing mech. process is done by a machine known as shearing machine in which a sheet of alluminium or some other metal is cutted down in between the blade of the machine, and this process is known as shearing process. ...