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A sudden slip on a fault causes earthquakes. When the sides of a fault are pressed together due to stresses on the earth's outer layer, it slips and releases energy in waves that travel along the earth's crust, which causes the shaking during an earthquake.
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How is it known that earthquakes are the result of movement along faults?
Because after earthquakes, it is possible to see examples of displacement of the ground across faults.
What are the 3 different types of rock movement in earthquakes?
Normal faults, reverse faults, and last but not least transform faults.
What did grove Gilbert discover about earthquakes?
He saw that faults were a major cause cause of earthquakes
Why not all movement along faults produce earthquakes?
Faults DO NOT produce earthquakes, faults are produced by earthquakes. This means that earthquake loci are centered on and along faults. The energy released by an earthquake is the strain energy built up as a result of plate tectonic forces. Some faults move easily and thus no strain energy builds up.
Why do longer faults usually produce larger earthquakes than short faults?
Because it is stronger!
How does faults relate to earthquake?
The faults makes the land "break" or seperate. Also it makes the land to shake. Also, the earthquakes shake the land. That's how they're similar.
Which kind of boundary is seen in earthquakes that are normal faults?
Transform boundaries are seen in earthquakes that are caused by normal faults. Some types of faults are listric or ring faults.
How faults produce earthquakes?
Faults DO NOT produce earthquakes, faults are produced by earthquakes. This means that earthquake loci are centered on and along faults. The energy released by an earthquake is the stress energy built up as a result of plate tectonic forces.
What are earthquakes associated with?
Faults
What are faults caused by?
earthquakes
What are the actions of the faults?
Faults can create cracks in the earth and cause earthquakes.
Can earthquakes occur at faults?
yes, they can
How is it known that earthquakes are the result of movement along faults?
Because after earthquakes, it is possible to see examples of displacement of the ground across faults.
What is the relationship between the locations of volcanoes and earthquakes with regard to faults?
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most common near the faults at plate boundaries.
What catastrophic event are faults associated with?
Earthquakes.
What is the definition of earthquakes and faults?
Use a dictionary
When faults shift what occurs?
That causes earthquakes
