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What is the name of the kind of motion that causes an earthquake?
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Movements of tectonic plates against each other usually causing a jarring motion which causes an earthquake.
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What is another name for the focus of an earthquake?
Another name for the focus of an earthquake is the hypocenter of an earthquake. This is the strongest point in the earthquake, like the eye of the storm.
What drives plate motion?
Plate tectonics is the name given to the forces that drive plate motion. Scientists don't know what causes the natural phenomenon of plate tectonics.
What is the name of the 2008 China earthquake?
It was called the Sichuan earthquake.
What is another name for the strength of a earthquake?
Magnitude is another term for the strength of an earthquake.
Name the point where an earthquake is strongest?
The strongest point in an earthquake is the epicenter.
Not set in motion from ring of fire for example volcano and earthquake - volcano and earthquake are sub-cause by ring of fire and what causes ring of fire?
Nothing causes the ring of fire it is just a nick name for the area because volcano's and earthquakes have magma and lava involved.
What is the name of the type of force that causes circular motion?
centripetal force
Another name for an earthquake?
Another name for an earthquake is a temblor.
What is another name for the focus of an earthquake?
Another name for the focus of an earthquake is the hypocenter of an earthquake. This is the strongest point in the earthquake, like the eye of the storm.
What drives plate motion?
Plate tectonics is the name given to the forces that drive plate motion. Scientists don't know what causes the natural phenomenon of plate tectonics.
What was the name of the Japan earthquake on th e11 of march 2011?
The name of the earthquake was Tōhoku
What was the name for the earthquake in japan 1995?
Its called the Kobe earthquake
What was the name of the earthquake that killed 140000 people?
The Tutti Earthquake
What is the name of the 2008 China earthquake?
It was called the Sichuan earthquake.
What is the name of the earthquake which occurred in Kobe in 1923?
It was named The Great Hanshin earthquake or Kobe earthquake.
What would you call wood that has fallen on the ground from an earthquake?
There is not really a name for it, it mostly depends if it has fallen from a tree or a building, and also the kind of wood.
What is the name of the earthquake that hit japan in 1995?
Great Hanshin earthquake .
