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Where two of the earth's plates meet in California movement of these plates can cause and earthquake?
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∙ 11y ago
The San-Andreas fault line.
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What is a sudden shaking of the earths crust caused by the movement of tectonic plates?
EARTHQUAKE
What kind of movement occurs when the earths plates push against each other?
earthquake
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.
How is an earhquake started?
An earthquake is started when two plates (which lie under the Earths surface) rub together this creates movement which then sometimes pulls/pushes at the earths surface and creates giant cracks in the earths surface... and that is how an earthquake is started.
Movement of plates?
an earthquake...?
How and why did the Italian earthquake occur?
The Italian earth quake was most probably caused by the movement of the Eurasian and African tectonic plates. Convection currents in the earths mantle cause these plates to move which in turn causes stresses at the plate boundaries. When these stresses are released the movement is very sudden. This is the movement said to be an earthquake.
What happened in the earthquake in Kobe?
it happened because of the earths movement no offence but that wasnt a very good answer. it happened because the asthenosphere (not spelt correctly) in the mantle moved because the plates flowed over the top of the liquid magma. No! it was the earths plates sliding against eachother that cause the earthquake.
What are plate movement?
the movement of earths plates or crust
How does earthquake causes tsunami?
because it shifs the earths plates
Why you have an earthquake?
the tectonic plates are shifting under the earths surface.
What types of movement in Earths crust causes earthquakes?
When the two different kinds of plates collide, a part of the world starts to shake exactly like an earthquake.
What is a mega earthquake?
A mega earthquake is seismic activity below the earths crust that causes fluctuations in the earths tectonic plates. This forces the ground to shake and the earths crust to crack.
