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Is it true that earthquake zones coincide with the edges of lithospheric plates?
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What most effectively outlines the edges of the lithospheric plates?
Lithospheric plates are outlined by faults.
The edges of most lithospheric plates are characterized by?
frequent volcanic activity
What most effectively outline the edges of the lithospheric plates?
Mid-ocean ridges and deep sea trenches (with their associated volcanos). Also in limited areas strike-slip fault systems (e.g. California), continental collision zones (e.g. India & Asia), etc.
What directly causes earthquakes?
It occurs when 2 plates or margins or crustal rocks are put under tremendous stress they release at a point this stress which leads to sudden movement of crustal rocks and a shockwave is released. This causes an earthquake which is probable especially in seas to send huge waves produced by the shock waves released. As tectonic plates push or pull, stress increases along faults near the plates' edges causing rock in the plate to collapse.
What are the edges of Earth's plates called?
Fault lines
What most effectively outlines the edges of the lithospheric plates?
Lithospheric plates are outlined by faults.
The edges of most lithospheric plates are characterized by?
frequent volcanic activity
What most effectively outlines the edges of the lithosphere plates?
The lines of earthquake epicenters most effectively outline the edges of the lithosphere plates. The epicenter refers to the point on the earth's surface above the focus of an earthquake.
Where plates tectonics move past each other?
At tectonic plate boundaries, earthquake zones, and the edges of tectonic plates.
What are two things that can happen at the edges of tectonic plates?
They could meet and cause an earthquake.
Why are the edges of plates so important to the cause and location of earthquakes?
I'm afraid I only know the cause. When the edges of the tectonic plates rub together it causes vibrations, that is the earthquake.
Is tsunami wave?
A tsunami occurs when there is an under-water earthquake. The two oceanic plates crash into each other and since both of the plates have jagged edges, the edges fit into the other oceanic plate like jigsaw pieces. This will increase the pressure between both plates and predominantly one of the plates will dominate the other causing massive waves. In the water, massive waves are considered as ''Tsunamis'' since it is an underwater earthquake.
An earthquake is a shaking caused by the sudden movement of the earth's crust.?
Earthquakes occur both along plate edges and along faults. Most earthquakes will occur near the edge of the oceanic and continental plates.
How ring of fire related to frequent occurrence of earthquakes?
A build up of stress. As the plates move past each other or one moves under another, the edges of the plates get locked up. This is because the edges of the plates are not smooth but jagged. Eventually so much stress builds up that the plates "pop" past each other releasing a huge amount of energy in the form of an earthquake
Earthquakes frequently occur along the edges of?
Earthquakes occur frequently along the edges of fault lines. This is caused when two plates collide into or slide past each other. This will send shockwaves around the epicenter, resulting in an earthquake.
What causes earthquakes at the edges of tectonic plates?
Earthquakes are mostly found at the edges of plates because that is the area of which the plates collide in different ways resulting in earthquakes and volcanoes.
What most effectively outline the edges of the lithospheric plates?
Mid-ocean ridges and deep sea trenches (with their associated volcanos). Also in limited areas strike-slip fault systems (e.g. California), continental collision zones (e.g. India & Asia), etc.
