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What is the earthquake that results from the movement of plates?
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All earthquakes are caused by the movements of plates (called tectonic plates). Sometimes two or more plates will get caught on each other while they are moving. When they stop being caught on each other, the resulting motion is what people call an earthquake. Some places (like the California area) more than others (most of the Midwest) are susceptible to frequent earthquakes.
*Fun Fact: more people are killed after the earthquake (by fire and ruptured gas lines) than from the actual earthquake! - "The Janus List," NUMB3RS
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What tectonic plates caused the earthquake?
PLATES
Is an earthquake created by tectonic plates?
An earthquake IS caused by the movement of the plates under the ocean. And there is one active site which is known as "The Ring of Fire". +++ The "Ring of Fire" is a whole set of active sites right round the Pacific Ocean, above the subductions of the sea-floor plates below the surrounding continents.
What is plates when there is an earthquake?
Tectonic plates influence earthquakes because of convection cells that move the plates around. When the plates collide, they cause a shockwave of energy released in the form of a earthquake.
How do earthquakes appear?
a earthquakes act by the two plates next to each other shift and rub againts each other witch creates an earthquake.
What really causes an earthquake?
When tectonic plates collide an Earthquake is created.
The shaking that results from the movement of plates underground?
An Earthquake
Movement of plates?
an earthquake...?
Where do tremors or shock waves originate?
Waves of movement are the results of the tectonic plates colliding at the focus of the earthquake, causing shock waves or tremors.
What is it called when we feel the movement of the Earth's plates?
earthquake
What activities can cause earthquake?
The movement of tectonic plates.
Is an earthquake an example of transformation?
No earthquake is not an example of transformation. Only the movement of plates is causing earthquakes/
What caused the 1952 Kamchatka earthquake?
the movement of the two tectonic plates
What caused the Kamchatka earthquake?
the movement in the two tectonic plates x
Most common cause of an earthquake?
Movement in the Earth's crust (plates).
How does the movement of earths plates cause earthquakes?
The plates rub together causing the rocks to move and it causes the ground to shake forming an earthquake. The more the plates move, the bigger the earthquake number.
Where two of the earth's plates meet in California movement of these plates can cause and earthquake?
The San-Andreas fault line.
Is plate movement destructive?
When two plates move together damaging both of the plates causing a large earthquake.
