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Yes they do, and they are called Moonquakes. The happen a bit differently to earthquakes do though, as the moon does not have moving crustal plates like earth does. What happens is that the gravity from the Earth pulls at the close side of the Moon, squashing it into more of an oval shape than a sphere. This causes the rocky crust and the molten rock inside to change shape, and quakes happen as the Moon gets used to this new shape.
As the Moon goes around the earth its shape keeps getting pulled at, so the stress in the rocks builds up over and over, and causes moonquakes.
Also asteroids smashing into the moon also cause moonquakes which ripple out from the crash site.
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What season do earthquakes occur?
Earthquakes are not a seasonal phenomenon and so the time of year has no effect on the occurrence of earthquakes. As such, earthquakes can happen at any time of the year as they occur independent of weather and climate.
What is an earthquake called on the Moon?
Moonquakes ("earthquakes" on the moon) do occur, but they happen less frequently and have smaller magnitudes than earthquakes on the Earth. It appears they are related to the tidal stresses associated with the varying distance between the Earth and Moon. They also occur at great depth, about halfway between the surface and the center of the moon.
Do most earthquakes occur on fault lines?
Most earthquakes do occur on fault lines.
Where do the worlds earthquakes occur around?
Most earthquakes occur where the edges of Earth's plates are.
Does the moon have a lithosphere?
Plate tectonics do not occur on the Moon, and is not known to have ever occurred. The mass of the Moon is probably too small for this to occur.
Where do moonquake occur?
Moonquakes ("earthquakes" on the moon) do occur, but they happen less frequently and have smaller magnitudes than earthquakes on the Earth. It appears they are related to the tidal stresses associated with the varying distance between the Earth and Moon. They also occur at great depth, about halfway between the surface and the center of the moon.
Do earthquakes have to occur on land?
Nope - they can occur at sea too - they're the main cause of tidal waves.
What season do earthquakes occur?
Earthquakes are not a seasonal phenomenon and so the time of year has no effect on the occurrence of earthquakes. As such, earthquakes can happen at any time of the year as they occur independent of weather and climate.
Are there hurricanes tornadoes or earthquakes in Nevada?
Earthquakes can occur in Nevada, which is not far from earthquake-prone California. Tornadoes occur in Nevada on occasion, but they are rare and usually weak. Nevada is too dry and too far inland to get hurricanes.
What biome do earthquakes occur in?
The lithosphere is where earthquakes occur.
What is an earthquake called on the Moon?
Moonquakes ("earthquakes" on the moon) do occur, but they happen less frequently and have smaller magnitudes than earthquakes on the Earth. It appears they are related to the tidal stresses associated with the varying distance between the Earth and Moon. They also occur at great depth, about halfway between the surface and the center of the moon.
What plate boundary do earthquakes occur?
Earthquakes occur at all plate boundaries.
Do volcanoes occur in oceans and earthquakes occur on land?
Earthquakes and volcanoes both occur in land and ocean. =)
Do most earthquakes occur on fault lines?
Most earthquakes do occur on fault lines.
Do earthquakes occur as earth's plates collide?
Yes that is generally where most earthquakes occur
What regions do earthquakes mostly occur?
earthquakes usually occur at tectonic plate boundaries
Where do the worlds earthquakes occur around?
Most earthquakes occur where the edges of Earth's plates are.
