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What is the measure of how much damage an earthquake causes the surface?
Intensity
How does the earthquake in japan start?
There are vaults in Earth's surface. They can be anywhere. These vaults are just cracks in the earth. The 2 pieces put a lot of pressure together, forming an earthquake, later turning into a mountain or a depression. If a vault is underwater, it causes an earthquake, as the one in Japan. Japan's earthquake had 8.9 magnitude. An earthquake underwater causes the water to overwhelm, and it causes a tsunami.
What is a movement within the earth that causes buried rock to be exposed at the earth's surface called?
The movement within the Earth that causes buried rock to be exposed at the Earth's surface is called uplift. It refers to the vertical elevation of the Earth's surface.
What causes the fracture of the ground?
Earthquake causes fracture of the ground.
What does a fault have to do with an earthquake?
The fault is what causes an earthquake by sliding together, making friction.
What is the measure of how much damage an earthquake causes the surface?
Intensity
What causes a surface wave?
A surface wave is caused by an earthquake. When the earthquake causes primary, and secondary waves to interact, a surface wave is formed.
What causes changes in earth surface?
Earthquake.
What causes rapid changes in earths surface?
Earthquake.
What were the causes of earthquake?
The plates under the Earth's surface collide together:)
What process usually causes the most gradual change in Earth's surface?
An earthquake
What processes usually causes most gradual change in Earth's surface?
An earthquake
What are the natural causes that create rapid or slow change on the surface of the earth?
EARTHQUAKE
When an earthquake strikes which type of seismic wave causes the most destruction?
Surface waves
An earthquake below the surface of the ocean causes formation of a giant wave known as a?
It is a tsunami
A succession of ocean waves set in by a submarine earthquake is called?
A submarine earthquake causes a tsunami.
What is the vibration caused when there is movement along a fault?
It causes and earthquake
