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There are a few ways this can happen. First, earthquakes are associated with movement along faults. This movement can alter the surface terrain. The shaking of an earthquake can also cause wet soil and sediment to behave like a liquid.
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How high does it have to be on the Richter scale to cause a volcano eruption?
Earthquakes do not cause volcanoes. However, magma moving to the surface rapidly can produce tremors. Volcanoes can cause earthquakes, but not vise-versa.
How do earthquakes change earth's surface?
Earthquakes change earth by moving earths plates
What does plate tectonics have to do with volcanoes and earthquakes?
volcanoes: make the ground crumble and break and cause plates to move and smash earthquakes: makes the ground break and smash together and causes plates because they break when they hit each other.
Do tsunamis cause earthquakes?
Earthquakes are one (but not the only) cause of tsunamis.
Can hurricanes cause an earthquake?
No, earthquakes are triggered when a tectonic plate shifts. An earthquake takes place in the ground. Hurricanes, on the other hand, take place in the sky. It will take an enormous hurricane to move an area by one centimeter. But, they can never cause earthquakes.
Most surface waves are caused by the action of 'earthquakes' or 'winds'?
Most surface waves are caused by wind systems. Earthquakes cause tsunamis.
Are earthquakes below the surface called tsunamis?
Mo, they are known as earthquakes but the earthquakes cause the tsunamis.
Can volcanoes cause earthquakes?
Yes, volcano eruptions can cause earthquakes; they can also be caused by earthquakes or occur at the same time.Yes. Earthquakes are common around active volcanoes. They are usually triggered by the movement of magma beneath the earth and the fracturing of rock that results. However, volcanic earthquakes are not very large and generally do not cause much damage directly.
What are earthqaukes?
An earthquake = a shaking or other movement of part of the earth's surface. It is caused by movement deep within the earth. Earthquakes can cause the ground to split.
What are most earthquakes cause by?
moving tectonic plates on earths surface
How high does it have to be on the Richter scale to cause a volcano eruption?
Earthquakes do not cause volcanoes. However, magma moving to the surface rapidly can produce tremors. Volcanoes can cause earthquakes, but not vise-versa.
When the ground shakes it is called?
It is called a tremor. Stronger tremors cause earthquakes.
When the ground shakes it is called an?
It is called a tremor. Stronger tremors cause earthquakes.
How do the moving plates cause constant changes to the surface of your planet?
they build mountains and volcanoes, and cause earthquakes.
How are earthquakes and el nino alike?
they are alike because of the bad weather expieriences they can cause just the same as earthquakes can cause to the envoirment.(cause cracks in ground) El Nino causes many weather conditions such as almost the same as earthquakes
What did Poseidon use to cause rough seas and earthquakes?
To create rough seas or earthquakes, Poseidon thrusts his trident into the seas or into the ground.
Can thunderstorms cause earthquakes?
No they can't. Earthquakes have nothing to do with the weather. They are usually caused by abrupt movement of the tectonic plates that 'carry' the surface of our planet.
