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Where do earthquakes on earth most happen?
Most earthquakes happen in the Ring of Fire, a region around the Pacific Ocean including Japan, Indonesia, Chile, and the USA, to name a few.
Was there ever been an earthquake on long island?
Earthquakes can happen on islands if the island is on the perimeter of a tectonic plate. For instance earthquakes can not happen on the island of Australia as it is on a tectonic plate however in New Zealand earthquakes happen frequently because it is on the perimeter of the tectonic plate Australia is on.
How do earthquakes cause deformed ground surface?
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.
What is the cause of earth quake?
the techtonic plates moving, earthquakes mainly happen on the crakes in the techtonic plates like new zealand has quite a few because they are on a crack.
States that sections of active faults that have had few earthquakes are likely to sites of strong earthquakes?
gap hypothesis
Why do few earthquake happen in earths mantle?
Few earthquakes happen in the earths mantle do to the fact that the mantle has a folded deformation. This means that the amount of pressure on the mantle caused it to deform.
Why do few earthquakes happen in the mantle?
A few earthquakes happen in the mantle because of the folded deformation.Hopes this help. =D
Why don't earthquakes occur in the asthenosphere?
Few earthquakes happen in the mantle because of the folded deformation.
How fast does the plates move per year in the response to the movement in the earths mantle?
a few cent. per year...
How are earthquakes predicted in California?
Earthquakes are very hard to predict a long time before they happen, they can only br predicted a few minutes before they are going to happen
Do human feel most of the earthquakes that occur each year or very few?
Extremely few. Most earthquakes happen in the ocean, or too far below the crust for us to feel them, but hundreds happen every week.
What natural diasaters happen in japan?
Earthquakes, Volcanic eruptions, tsunami, and typhoons are a few.
Why are there few earthquakes with a focal depth greater than 20 km?
Earthquakes take place in the Earth's tectonic plates, which are not thick enough to have earthquakes deeper than 20 km. Below the plates is the magma of the Earth's mantle, and being liquid, the magma does not experience quakes, just currents.
Why do many earthquakes but few volcanic eruptions occur in the Himalyas?
The colliding plates in the Himalayas still produce plenty of stress in the crust, which leads to earthquakes. On the other hand there is no mechanism to generate magma. There is no hot spot, no thinning of the crust, and no subducting plate to introduce volatiles into the mantle.
Where do earthquakes on earth most happen?
Most earthquakes happen in the Ring of Fire, a region around the Pacific Ocean including Japan, Indonesia, Chile, and the USA, to name a few.
Why do earthquakes happen by volcanic areas?
The reason why is simple. When a volcano erupts, it ruptures the earth's inner core, causing a few aftershocks of earthquakew.
Was there ever been an earthquake on long island?
Earthquakes can happen on islands if the island is on the perimeter of a tectonic plate. For instance earthquakes can not happen on the island of Australia as it is on a tectonic plate however in New Zealand earthquakes happen frequently because it is on the perimeter of the tectonic plate Australia is on.
