When ever the stress on the Earth's crust exceeds it's tensile strength.
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.
Hurricanes typically result in more fatalities compared to earthquakes and lightning strikes. This is because hurricanes often cause widespread destruction, flooding, and storm surge, which can lead to a higher death toll. Earthquakes and lightning strikes can be deadly as well, but their impact is usually more localized.
Greece experiences many earthquakes each year, ranging from small tremors to larger, more destructive ones. The frequency of earthquakes varies throughout different regions of the country.
Earthquakes can occur along tectonic plate boundaries, where the plates are in motion and often collide or slide past one another. The most active areas for earthquakes are along the Pacific Ring of Fire and along mountain ranges like the Himalayas. However, earthquakes can also occur in areas where there are underground faults or volcanic activity.
Hurricanes have not always had names. In 1953 the National Hurricane Center began generating lists of names for each hurricane in a given season. Since that time all hurricanes have had names.
hurricanes don't happen as often as earthquakes
in a season there can range from none to as many as 20 hurricanes in one season...assuming it is in one general area.
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.
Overall scientists do not believe that there is an increase in the occurrence of most natural disasters. However, due to technological advancements we are increasingly aware of them when they do happen.
Yes, but the chances of such an occurrence are extremely low. Hurricanes often produce tornadoes, but more often in their outer regions beyond the area of hurricane conditions (sustained winds of at least 74 mph). Hurricanes and tornadoes are not related to earthquakes in any way known to science. Many area that are prone to large earthquakes to not typically see hurricanes or tornadoes very often.
Because earthquakes happen very often there.
Large earthquakes - scientists predict they should happen every 80 years.
Earthquakes happen everyday everywhere so yes thialand often has earth quakes.
Yes, but not very often.
Hurricanes typically result in more fatalities compared to earthquakes and lightning strikes. This is because hurricanes often cause widespread destruction, flooding, and storm surge, which can lead to a higher death toll. Earthquakes and lightning strikes can be deadly as well, but their impact is usually more localized.
Yes, but not as often as earthquakes happen near plate boundaries
Regional it can be argued that indeed there are earthquake seasons. Earthquakes are more often than not related to tectonic activity (subduction, rifting, shearing along transform faults, etc.); however, not all earthquakes are related to such activity. Crustal loading through increased sedimentation can increase the overriding pressure, and once this is removed through weathering processes, this can release pressure causing earthquakes (for example those within stable continental shields). There is certainly an earthquake season in the Himalayan front and has been investigated by geologists at Caltech. "In the Himalaya, monsoon rains swell the rivers of the Ganges basin, increasing the pressure bearing down on the region. As the rains stop, the river water soaks through the ground and the built-up load eases outward, toward the front of the range. This outward redistribution of stress after the rains end leads to horizontal compression in the mountain range later in the year, triggering the wintertime earthquakes."