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Yes. It will take millions or even billions of years, but most scientists believe it is very likely, very possible, but it will take a lot of time for the earthquakes to make a strong enough impact to break California completely off of the United States and dramatically noticeable that it is its own separate island. It will not be that obvious for a very, very long period of time.
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What produces the force that cause earthquakes as rocks move and break?
The force that causes earthquakes is primarily generated by the movement of tectonic plates along faults in the Earth's crust. As the plates move, stress builds up and eventually overcomes the friction holding the rocks together, causing them to break and release energy in the form of seismic waves, resulting in an earthquake.
Why do fold mountains and earthquakes occur at collision plate margin?
Here earthquakes occur because the 2 plates, continental plates, both are colliding with each other so due to friction, there are lots of movements so they collide, they cause movements on the earths crust so-earthquakes occur and because they are continental crusts they can't sink so they have to go somewhere so they move upwards so they cause fold mountains.
How did Pangaea break apart?
Pangaea broke apart due to plate tectonics, specifically the movement of the Earth's lithosphere plates. This movement caused the continents to drift apart over millions of years, eventually forming the continents as we know them today.
Why do earthquakes occur along faults?
Earthquakes occur along faults because faults are cracks in the Earth's surface where tectonic plates interact. When stress builds up along a fault line and is released suddenly, it causes rocks to break and shift, resulting in an earthquake. The movement of the tectonic plates along faults is what ultimately causes earthquakes to happen.
Why do California have more earthquakes than in other places?
There are very deep cracks in the stone structure of the Earth, known as fault lines, that are involved in earthquakes, and several fault lines run through California; Florida does not have fault lines (although it does have hurricanes).
Will California slide into the sea?
Not within your lifetime. Many people believe that eventually, million years from now, yes California will break off into the sea because of all the earthquakes and landslides
True or False Do to transforming plates Los Angeles will break away from California. Explain your answer.?
True, because of earthquakes due to tectonic plates.
Will los angeles break away from California?
It is believed that since Los Angeles is on the edge of the tectonic plate, it will break off and head up north to around where San Francisco is and become its own island. (This will happen millions of years in the future if you didn't know)
What does plate tectonics have to do with volcanoes and earthquakes?
volcanoes: make the ground crumble and break and cause plates to move and smash earthquakes: makes the ground break and smash together and causes plates because they break when they hit each other.
Would transforming plates in los angeles break away?
yes it will break away because of earthquakes due to tectonic plates
Can earthquakes be caused by heavy precipitation?
i dont think so because earthquakes are created when the earth shifts and plates break and move away causing a earthquake
What produces the force that cause earthquakes as rocks move and break?
The force that causes earthquakes is primarily generated by the movement of tectonic plates along faults in the Earth's crust. As the plates move, stress builds up and eventually overcomes the friction holding the rocks together, causing them to break and release energy in the form of seismic waves, resulting in an earthquake.
Why do people break down emotionally?
Because some people try to hold their emotions in and eventually they break down, i am a whitness to this.
What are the result of heating up the earths core?
this question may actually end humanity because then the lava and stuff that's down there will get hotter and hotter and eventually break through earths crust causing... as far as i know volcano eruptions maybe earthquakes
A fault is a break or rupture in the rocks on the earth's surface in California the San Andreas Fault is 600 miles long Why might it be dangerous to live on or near the San Andreas Fault?
it would be too dangerous to live there because the fault causes earthquakes.
What are the important effects of earthquakes?
Things break.
How do earthquakes affect railways?
they bend them and break them
