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They strike the most where tectonic plates are found and when the hit each other
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What is the effect of a strike slip fault?
Earthquakes
When do earthquakes strike?
When the earth's plates collide.
Do earthquakes and volcanoes strike in heavily populated areas?
not necessarily, they strike on the fault lines of tectonic plates, when the plates bump into each other, they create volcanoes or earthquakes
Are all earthquakes the same?
No. Earthquakes differ in cause (strike-slip, megathrust, volcanic, etc.) and in intensity.
How do you put the word strike in a sentence?
The lightning strike caused a power outage in the neighborhood.
When was the typhoon in Taiwan?
Taiwan is known for having some for the strongest earthquakes in the world. One of the most deadly and destructive earthquakes to strike the country hit in 1999 and it killed 2,415.
Are tornadoes or earthquakes worse?
Earthquakes are worse. Earthquakes strike with no warning and cover a larger area than tornadoes and can have much higher death tolls, especially those that trigger tsunamis.
Why earthquakes cause more damage than others?
The biggest earthquakes do not always cause the most damage if they strike unpopulated areas, or areas where the local infrastructure was built to withstand severe earthquakes. Also some big earthquakes may be high in intensity, but very short in duration, causing less damage.
Does Japan have any solutions to their earthquakes?
The construct buildings knowing that earthquakes can strike.Many buildings are made to wobble when earthquakes strike. This gives a better chance for the building to absorb the earthquake and remain standing.
When do tsunamis strike?
Typically after deep sea earthquakes or during particularly violent hurricanes.
Do earthquakes have seasons?
No.They strike near the boundries of tectonic plates.There for it could be whenever.
Where are most earthquakes located?
Most (actually, all :3), are located along faults (long cracks in the earth) or by plate boundaries (where two plates meet) There are different types of boundaries, The strike-slip boundary is the one wich causes most of the earthquakes (A strike-slip boundary is where two plates are going in the opposite direction. They then rub against each other wich causes an earthquake!)
