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What is the primary cause of earthquake activity in California?
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Seismic waves
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What earthquake magnitude will cause sever damage?
Above 8-9 magnitude can cause severe earthquake....
How can an earthquake cause many damages?
cause rocks fall!
What are the waves that cause am earthquake?
Siesmic
Would a large earthquake cause more damage than a small earthquake?
yes
How does an earthquake create quicksand?
It can be cause by liquefaction.
What is the main cause for earthquake activity in the ring of fire?
Tectonic Plate movement
What is the most likely cause of the volcanic and earthquake activity in this region?
collision of tectonic plates
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 methods are there to sure that California doesn't fall in an eartquake?
It is not possible for an earthquake to cause California to fall into the ocean. This is an urban myth.
Sudden stress changes in the Earth that cause ground shaking they occur at fault lines and near volcanic activity?
This is known as an earthquake or as seismic activity.
Can an earthquake actually cause parts of California to fall in the ocean?
Yes. There have been many times that the coast has slipped into the Pacific ocean after and during an earthquake
What name is given to sudden stress changes in the earth that cause ground shaking and occur at fault lines and near volcanic activity?
This is known as an earthquake or as seismic activity.
Where two of the earth's plates meet in California movement of these plates can cause and earthquake?
The San-Andreas fault line.
What was the cause of the yunnan earthquake?
what was the cause of Yunnan china earthquake
The sudden stress changes in the earth that cause ground shaking they occur at fault lines and near volcanic activities?
This is known as an earthquake or as seismic activity.
Did the japan earthquake cause a hole in the earth?
no...the earthquake did not cause a hole in the earth
What doesn't cause an earthquake?
Drinking a chocolate banana milkshake does not cause an earthquake.
