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What often occurs when theses plates collide or grind past each other?

Earthquakes are caused when this happens.


Can plate tectonics form earthquake and how?

the plates grind up against each other sending sending shock waves


What happens when plate tectonics bump into each other?

an earth quake


What happens when tectonics plates collide and one divides below the other?

It creates valleys or trenches


Why do people not understand earthquakes?

We do. We understand they are caused by plate tectonics. When the Earth's plates move or shift they grind up against each other, causing an earthquake or, if it is in the sea, a tsunami.


Where do two plates most often move past each other?

I think it is plate tectonics


Where plates tectonics move past each other?

Plates tectonics move past each other at transform boundaries, where two plates slide horizontally past each other. This movement can cause earthquakes as the plates grind against each other. An example of a transform boundary is the San Andreas Fault in California.


How does plate tectonics cause earth tremors?

Plate tectonics cause earth tremors through the movement of tectonic plates. When these plates shift and grind against each other, it can create stress along faults in the Earth's crust. This stress is eventually released in the form of an earthquake, resulting in earth tremors.


Why do earthquakes happen in certain states?

Because transform plates grind past each other more often


What happens at plate boundaries during earthquakes?

They either grind up against each other or one goes on top of the ither


What is a grind fest?

where people grind each other while dancing


Where can a earthquake come from?

tetoic plates grind the grind a slip past each other