California has more earthquakes then Florida, because California sits along the San Andreas Fault line. ( )
-improvement, actually California sits on a series of many fault lines, the San Andreas only being one of them. San Andreas runs most of the length of the coast of California and is well known because it has a hard "kink" near LA which causes more violent earthquakes when it shifts, and can actually be seen in the topography of some areas of California from overhead.
These fault lines are also a part of the "ring of fire" which causes the majority of the earthquakes and volcanoes along the West Coast of N America, Japan, and many of the Island chains of the Pacific.
Alaska is on the edge of a crustal plate
Because California has a transform boundary which is a source of earthquakes.
No it is not. In fact these states are the ones that have the most and strongest earthquakes Texas, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, and California. The reason that you hear about California so much is because California it is right by the fault line. So the plates collide mostly on the border of the US, which is California.
Ohio is not located near any major fault lines. Ohio does occasionally get earthquakes but they're low of the Richter scale. Usually only in the 3's. The strongest I remember was in the 5's. I only remember one in my lifetime (43 years) that I could actually feel.
More likely than where? please make your questions unambiguous. In general the east side of the US is less likely to have earthquakes and volcanoes as compared to the west side.
California has more earthquakes than Massachusetts. California sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and is located on several active fault lines, making it more susceptible to earthquakes compared to Massachusetts, which has less seismic activity.
China experiences many more earthquakes than Florida.
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No. Most earthquakes last less than a minute.
No, Florida gets more tornadoes than California.
No
more techtonic plate coliding in California
Alaska is on the edge of a crustal plate
Because California has a transform boundary which is a source of earthquakes.
California has a coastline... on the Pacific Ocean!Earthquakes are actually COMMON in California.The official state animal is the Grizzly bear.The official state bird, the California quail, is SMALLER than a pigeon!The capital city of Sacramento is actually LESS populated than Los Angeles.The state motto is 'Eureka!', which means 'I have found it!'.
Plate tectonic and fault activity is located across the continental United States, Hawaii and Alaska. Major faults include the San Andreas in California. Other faults can be found in the Northeast, also areas with volcanic activity such as Kilauea also have earthquakes.
Japan. It has a lot of earthquakes, and is one of the most affected areas in the world. Because of their technology level (compared to countries like Indonesia and Fiji), Japan is the country with the most earthquakes reported each year. Though, that doesn't mean it's the country with the most earthquakes. But it certainly has more earthquakes than California.