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How does an earthquake happen in the middle of a tectonic plate?
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Many earthquakes can travel through water until it hits land causing a on shore earthquake.
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What fault was the kamchatka earthquake on?
The Kamchatka earthquake was on the Pacific plate.
How can a folded mountain happen in the middle of a tectonic plate?
The tectonic plate boundaries come together and push up on each other to form mountains.
What is a positive effect of an earthquake?
Earthquakes relieve the tension building between tectonic plates. so, loads of small earthquakes lessen the chance that a massive earthquake will happen along the same plate boundary.
Why are buildings in the middle of a tectonic plate much less likely to be damaged?
Because there are far less earthquakes in the middle of a tectonic plate. About 90% of the world's earthquakes occur at plate boundaries.
Why do earthquakes occur more often in some places that in others?
They occur because of nature. Volcanic eruptions signal off an earthquake because normally a volcanic eruption and an earthquake are on a fault line/edge of a tectonic plate.
How many fault lines are there in SC?
0 because we are in the muddle of a tectonic plate so it is very rare for an earthquake to happen in the middle of a tectonic plate
What causes an earthquake and how you know weather it is likely to happen in a particular location?
It is when two tectonic plates collide and they rubs, this causes the rubble which you get from the earthquake. You only get earthquakes if your country is in between a tectonic plate or on the tectonic plate.
How did the earthquake in Christ church happen?
The tectonic plate's rubbed together and then the earth quake apears .
What fault was the kamchatka earthquake on?
The Kamchatka earthquake was on the Pacific plate.
How can a folded mountain happen in the middle of a tectonic plate?
The tectonic plate boundaries come together and push up on each other to form mountains.
What would happen if a tectonic plate would go under the other?
A chain reaction would happen causing either a vocano and/or an earthquake
What happens when one tectonic plate slides against another?
An earthquake or tremmor may happen if the slide is strong enough.
How are plate tectonics and tectonic plates different?
An intraplate earthquake is an earthquake that occurs in the interior of a tectonic plate, whereas an interplate earthquake (plate boundary earthquake) is one that occurs at a plate boundary. Intraplate earthquakes are rare, but both can inflict large amounts of damage to populated areas.
Where earthquakes normally happen?
They can happen anywhere. But they occur most commonly on plate boundaries. It is the collision of these tectonic plates that, in most cases, cause the earthquake.
Can a moving plate tectonic cause an earthquake?
Earthquakes happen when two tectonic plates shift past each other because stress over comes their strength
What layer that's makes earthquake?
a tectonic plate
Which area of a tectonic plate is most likely to experience an earthquake?
The edges of the plate
