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What are the 3 other causes of earthquakes other than tectonic plate movement?
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How does the movement of the tectonic plates affect the continents?
It can cause earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and other natural disasters depending on where you live.
Why do earthquakes start at all?
That heat from the earth's mantle causes the tectonic or lithospheric plates of the earth's crust to move away or toward each other is the reason why earthquakes start.
What causes earthquakes at the edges of tectonic plates?
Earthquakes are mostly found at the edges of plates because that is the area of which the plates collide in different ways resulting in earthquakes and volcanoes.
What different media do earthquakes waves travel through?
hey travel through p waves and other ones too
How are earthquakes eruptions different from volcanoes?
Earthquakes do not exactly erupt. Earthquakes are caused by the movement the Earth's tectonic plates. Yes, Earthquakes can contribute to the eruptions of Volcanoes because when one plate goes under the other water could be taken with it down into the Mantle. The water and sometimes air when is in the mantle is forced to find an exit and those exits are Volcanoes. When they go into the Volcano pressure builds up and the Volcano erupts. So really Earthquakes are caused by the movement of the Earths tectonic plates while Volcanoes are caused by a build up of pressure in the Earths Mantle.
How does tectonic plate movement affect the environment?
It causes earthquakes when the plates hit each other.
What does 'seismologis' mean?
A "Seismologist" is someone who studies Earthquakes and other Tectonic movement.
Where do earthquakes occur commonly?
Along fault lines. Major fault lines occur where the tectonic plates meet each other. The plates will either rub against each other or one will force the other underneath it, which commonly causes earthquakes.
What causes earthquakes to occur?
two tectonic plates floating into each other.
When two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally it usually causes?
earthquakes
How does the movement of the tectonic plates affect the continents?
It can cause earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and other natural disasters depending on where you live.
Who do earth plates move?
The tectonic plates move because they are floating on magma. They jostle with each other and that's how you get tectonic movement, earthquakes, volcanoes and all that happy stuff.
Why does Indonesia have more earthquakes than any other country?
it is situated between two plate of the earth which cause the tectonic movement
Does an earthquake occur when magma from the magma chamber rises?
That causes some earthquakes, but most earthquakes occur as a result of tectonic plate grinding against each other.
Why do earthquakes start at all?
That heat from the earth's mantle causes the tectonic or lithospheric plates of the earth's crust to move away or toward each other is the reason why earthquakes start.
What causes earthquakes at the edges of tectonic plates?
Earthquakes are mostly found at the edges of plates because that is the area of which the plates collide in different ways resulting in earthquakes and volcanoes.
Why do tectonic plates move against each other?
tectonic plates move against each other essentially because of the movement of molten rock underneath the earth's surface or crust. This movement causes the plates to rub against each other.
