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Are volcanic islands caused by earthquakes?

It is more accurate to say that the process that creates volcanic islands also produces earthquakes.


Which country has 400 islands and is prone to volcanoes and earthquakes?

Indonesia


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.


Which country in Europe with 2000 islands is often shaken by earthquakes?

Greece.


What ways earthquakes shake?

they can shake in reverse fault, normal fault, strike-slip fault.

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Does Islands have earthquakes?

yes


What is the effect of a strike slip fault?

Earthquakes


When do earthquakes strike?

When the earth's plates collide.


Are volcanic islands caused by earthquakes?

It is more accurate to say that the process that creates volcanic islands also produces earthquakes.


How do you put the word strike in a sentence?

The lightning strike caused a power outage in the neighborhood.


Does the hawaiian islands have earthquakes?

Yes.


Are there earthquakes in Hawaiian islands?

Absolutely.


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


Where does earthquakes strike the most?

They strike the most where tectonic plates are found and when the hit each other


Are all earthquakes the same?

No. Earthquakes differ in cause (strike-slip, megathrust, volcanic, etc.) and in intensity.


Does the Caribbean islands have earthquakes?

yes of course


Why do Southeast Asia's large islands experience frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?

They have frequent earthquakes because other countries have earthquakes then waves from that flow to islands creating an earthquake. The earthquake then triggers a volcano.