asthenosphere.
They can start anywhere in the crust, some are just below the surface, some are 60 miles down at the boundary between the crust and mantle, some subduction zone earthquakes can originate as deep as 415 miles down in the subducted crustal plate as it sinks into the mantle.
Earthquakes occur along fault lines and the edges of tectonic plates. These are areas where the earth's plates move against each other. When they slide past each other, earthquakes occur.
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they are formed along the crustal movements of the earth.
The layer of the earth in liquid form is the mantle. It is made up of magma and lies directly beneath the earth's crust. This liquid is responsible for moving continents and earthquakes. It is the thickest layer of the earth.
The lithosphere is where earthquakes occur.
The crust
The crust is the upper layer of the earth. It is where the movement of plates occur due to which earthquakes occur. The Earth's crust is a thin layer of rock, like skin on an apple.
This is known as the Lithosphere.
This is known as the Lithosphere.
tectonic plates
Earthquakes occur in the crust (solid rock) layer.
Yes that is generally where most earthquakes occur
Most earthquakes occur where the edges of Earth's plates are.
Most earthquakes occur at or near the boundaries between tectonic plates.
Earthquakes occur due to brittle failures in the Earth's lithosphere. Brittle failures occur where fractures propagate through the material. So an earthquake is literally the consequence of fracturing or shattering a part of the brittle outer layer of the earth. It could also be argued that they "shatter" the lives of the people affected by them.
magma
The asthenosphere is too plastic, so it cannot build up stress like the lithosphere can.