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The kinetic energy of moving rock masses underground is transferred by vibrations to the surface, where it causes shaking or harmonic motion. In some earthquakes, the movement of rocks can cause large areas to change in height, either elevated or dropped by several feet. In others, there can be a significant lateral shift, ripping structures apart. One other notable effect is liquefaction of soils, which can cause rockslides, or collapse structures as the supporting layers beneath the surface give way.
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How did the napier earthquake occur?
usually an earthquake occurs because underneath the earths crust are tectonic plates and when they move occasionlly one will get caught but the outside is still moving and that causes an earthquake
What causes volcanoes to erupt under earths surface?
mostly earthquakes or plate tectonic movement.
What are examples earths quakes?
ANSWER:A example of a earthquake is a Tsunami Earthquake in 2004
What the difference between an earthquake's focus and it epicentre?
The focus is the point in the earths crust where the earthquake originates and the epicentre is the point in the earths surface directly above the focus.
What causes changes to earths land form?
what causes changes to earths landform
Movement along the earths surface caused by an earthquake?
Collide
How does the movement of earths plates cause earthquakes?
The plates rub together causing the rocks to move and it causes the ground to shake forming an earthquake. The more the plates move, the bigger the earthquake number.
How does earthquake causes tsunami?
because it shifs the earths plates
An earthquake is a shaking caused by the sudden movement of the earths crust?
True((;
What happens scientifically during an earthquake?
There is a sudden movement in the earths crust in an earthquake. However, lava does not appear
What cause did an earthquake make?
An earthquake is caused by the sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust, typically due to the movement of tectonic plates along faults. This movement creates seismic waves that can result in the shaking of the ground, damaging structures and causing destruction.
What are the natural causes of an earthquake?
plate movement
How and why did the Italian earthquake occur?
The Italian earth quake was most probably caused by the movement of the Eurasian and African tectonic plates. Convection currents in the earths mantle cause these plates to move which in turn causes stresses at the plate boundaries. When these stresses are released the movement is very sudden. This is the movement said to be an earthquake.
What is a sudden shaking of the earths crust caused by the movement of tectonic plates?
EARTHQUAKE
What is the vibration caused when there is movement along a fault?
It causes and earthquake
What kind of movement occurs when the earths plates push against each other?
earthquake
What happens alonge a fault beneath earths surface when an earthquake happens?
If the fault is responsible for the earthquake, there will be movement (displacement) along the fault.
