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What is a earthquake a result of?
An earthquake is a result of tectonic plates colliding.
What happens to lithospheric plates when an earthquake occurs?
Lithospheric plates, which also are called tectonic plates, move towards or away from each other when an earthquake occurs.
What type of plates caused the Chile earthquake in 1960?
Tectonic plates formed the earthquake in 1960 due to a collision with one another.
Why did the earthquake happen in japan 2011?
Tectonic plates shifted, creating the earthquake.
What causes earthquake at diversion boundaries?
moving of tectonic plates (lithospheric plates)
What two plates caused the earthquake?
Assuming you are talking about the earthquake in Japan, the two plates are the Pacific and the Asian plates.
What tectonic plates caused the earthquake?
PLATES
What is the point where the tectonic plates move causing an earthquake?
earthquake zone or in the boundry of tectonic plates
What plates caused the Kobe earthquake?
It was the Eurasian and the Philippine plates that moved and caused the earthquake in Kobe.
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.
What causes a major earthquake to occur where plates meet?
The friction between the plates. When the friction is resolved, an earthquake occurs.
What couses earthquake?
an earthquake is a result of plates colliding together
What is a earthquake a result of?
An earthquake is a result of tectonic plates colliding.
What happens to lithospheric plates when an earthquake occurs?
Lithospheric plates, which also are called tectonic plates, move towards or away from each other when an earthquake occurs.
What plates caused the Haiti earthquake?
That would be the North American and Caribbean Plates. The earthquake happened on 12th January 2010
What really causes an earthquake?
When tectonic plates collide an Earthquake is created.
What were the Kobe earthquake plates called?
There was the Eurasian, Pacific and Philippine plates.
