Why earthquake happen at same place?

Answer 1

Earthquakes happen in the same regions frequently due to the existence of geological fault lines. These are typically near the edges of continental plates, where earthquakes happen frequently due to the continental plates impacting against one another when they move.

Answer 2

They can, yes, either through aftershocks or after the main quake has released pressure/tension in the fault, it can rebuild up tension/pressure and slip again in the future...or slide under, over.....whatever kind of fault it is. Volcanoes same thing, they could technically occur again in the same location, like Mt. Vesuvius will some day erupt again causing earthquakes and spreading ash and debris and will kill many Italians and may cause global winters when there shouldn't be.

Answer 3

Those places with repeated earthquakes are situated over tectonic plate margins with faults and plate activity. They happen commonly in California because there are two plates that converge under that area, for example. Where ever there is motion of intersecting tectonic plates, earthquakes are more common.

Answer 4

It is all about plate tectonics. The earth we walk on is known as the lithosphere and consists of several plates. In the case of the Earth, there are currently eight major and quite a few small plates. These plates 'float' on the asthenosphere.

The asthenosphere is a zone of the earth's mantle that lies beneath the plates and consists of several hundred kilometers of deformable rock. This rock is moving due to heat and pressure coming from the Earth's interior. This heat flows outwards like a convection current. Since the lithosphere is on top of it, it is affected by it's movement.

These plates move in relation to another at one of three types of plate boundaries: Convergent (Collisional boundaries); divergent (spreading centers); and conservative transform boundaries. Earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building and oceanic trench formation occur along these plate boundaries.

These plates are solid rock, so when they hit each other, earth quakes occur. You can look up the plates lines and see that those are exactly the lines along which earth quakes happen.

Answer 5

They both happen at a convergent boundary. Which means that the plates go into each other. It makes an earthquake and it make volcanoes and also mountain ranges.

Answer 6

Scientists cannot tell whether they are going to happen so there is no definite answer for this question.

Answer 7

Earthquakes and volcanoes often happen in the same place because they can both be triggered by loose tectonic plates.

Answer 8

i believe it can