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The UK is located on and near various fault lines which means earthquakes are frequently felt across the British Isles. The British Geological Survey Team has recorded 23 earthquakes to hit the UK in October 2016 alone. Fortunately, as the Isles are not located near any tectonic plate boundaries, the earthquakes experienced in the UK are usually very mild.
The most powerful recorded earthquake to affect the UK was in 1931 when a quake of magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale occurred 60 miles from the British Coast. The most devastating recorded earthquake was the 1984 quake in Essex which had a magnitude of 4.6 and damaged thousands of buildings.
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What energy transfers occur in volcanoes and earthquakes?
by killing people
Earthquakes occur most often along the?
Earthquakes occur most often along the boundaries of tectonic plates.
Why do earthquakes occur in narrow belts?
Volcanoes occur in long, narrow belts because that's were the pate boundaries are.
Where are the majority of earthquakes and volcanoes in relation to the plate boundaries?
Most earthquakes occur on plate boundaries such as Japan and Chile and most volcanoes occur in diverging plate boundaries like Dallol and Iceland and the Pacific Ring of Fire like Ecuador and Indonesia
Where do most earthquakes and volcanos occure?
they are formed along the crustal movements of the earth.
Do volcanoes occur in oceans and earthquakes occur on land?
Earthquakes and volcanoes both occur in land and ocean. =)
Volcanoes and earthquakes are likely to occur?
Yes, they are likely to occur.
Earthquakes and occur at plate boundaries?
Volcanoes
Why do earthquakes occur at volcanoes?
To release pressure.
What are volcanoes and earthquakes likely to occur?
If you mean "where" earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely to occur it is in what's called the "ring of fire" which is the coastal ring around the Pacific Ocean.
Why do volcanoes and earthquakes occur on plate boundries?
earthquakes occur because plates move and they over lap causing an earthquake.
What energy transfers occur in volcanoes and earthquakes?
by killing people
Where do earthquakes and volcanoes commonly occur?
Along fault lines
Where volcanoes and earthquakes occur?
Anywhere where the earths plates meet. Earthquakes occur only were there is an epicenter. Were ever the epicenter is the earthquake will happen.
Where are earthquakes or volcanoes likely to occur?
Earthquakes are likely to occur along tectonic plate boundaries where there is movement and stress in the Earth's crust. Volcanoes are likely to occur at convergent plate boundaries, divergent plate boundaries, and hotspots where magma from the Earth's mantle reaches the surface.
Why are volcanoes and earthquakes found together?
The majority of earth's volcanoes and earthquakes occur near the boundaries of tectonic plates. Therefore, an area that has volcanoes is likely to be prone to earthquake as well.
Do volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur ONLY at the boundaries?
No. Volcanoes can be found at hot spots away from plate boundaries. These volcanoes can produce earthquakes. Earthquakes can also occur at areas of ancient geologic activty such as failed rifts and can occur as a result fo glacier retreating.
