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Tectonic plates are moved by hot lava under the crust.
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What Weather causes an Earthquake?
Earthquakes are not caused by weather. The are caused by movement of tectonic plates.
What are 2 causes of earthquake?
earthquakes can be caused by either tectonic or volcanic. Tectonic earthquakes are caused by movement of tectonic plates underneath the earth surface. Volcanic earthquakes are caused by volcanic activities underneath or above earth's surface.
What is constructive force caused by the convection currents in the earth's mantle?
continental drift? tectonic plate movement?
What is tectonic earthquake means?
It is the unsual movement of tectonic plates which causes tectonic earthquakes.
Is Lake Tahoe an extinct volcano?
No. Lake Tahoe was created when faulting caused by the movement of tectonic plate thrust up mountains around the area.
Movement of tectonic plates is not caused by?
Ocean Current.
What Weather causes an Earthquake?
Earthquakes are not caused by weather. The are caused by movement of tectonic plates.
What caused the Kamchatka earthquake?
the movement in the two tectonic plates x
What caused the 1952 Kamchatka earthquake?
the movement of the two tectonic plates
Which Earth process can be caused by the movement of tectonic plates?
volcannic eruptions
What is caused by mass?
Mass movement is caused by gravity. (: also occurs when tectonic plates shift
What are 2 causes of earthquake?
earthquakes can be caused by either tectonic or volcanic. Tectonic earthquakes are caused by movement of tectonic plates underneath the earth surface. Volcanic earthquakes are caused by volcanic activities underneath or above earth's surface.
What is mass movement cause by?
Mass movement is caused by gravity. (: also occurs when tectonic plates shift
What is a sudden shaking of the earths crust caused by the movement of tectonic plates?
EARTHQUAKE
What is the crack in the earth's crust caused by tectonic plate movement called?
Fault.
A crack in the earths crust caused by tectonic plate movement is called a?
Fault.
What caused the 1952 Kamchatka Peninsula earthquake?
the movement of the two tectonic plates
