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Do 2 plates slip past each other and cause earthquakes?
Yes, when tectonic plates move past each other along a fault line, it can cause earthquakes. The friction between the plates builds up and when the stress overcomes the frictional resistance, it is released as seismic energy, resulting in an earthquake.
What builds up as plates move against each other?
Stress and strain build up as tectonic plates move against each other. This can lead to deformation and eventually result in earthquakes along fault lines.
How does the San Andreas fault work to cause earthquakes?
Poo. :) Joking, just google it, Yahoo Answers has good answers about it Example: San Andreas is a transform fault with two plates sliding past each other. There is also a large bend in the fault (around the LA area). Basically, since these are large rocky plates and not water or something else slippery, they get stuck and tension builds up. When that tension is released as the plates slip, you get an earthquake. The bend makes it more difficult for the plates to slide past each other, which creates more tension, which is why there is such potential for the "big one."
What is happening between two plates at a transform boundary?
At a transform boundary, two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally. This movement can cause earthquakes as stress builds up and is suddenly released. Transform boundaries are characterized by prominent fault lines, such as the San Andreas Fault in California.
When two plates slide past each other what happens to the crust of the plates?
When the plates slide past each other, it releases a shock wave, either a p-wave or an s-wave, and it spreads out in all directions. Sometimes it causes earthquakes.
As plates move what happens when pressure builds up and then rocks break?
When pressure builds up along a fault line, eventually the rocks will break along that fault, causing an earthquake. The sudden release of built-up pressure sends seismic waves that shake the ground, causing the movement we feel during an earthquake.
What A crack in the Earth's crust caused by tectonic plate movement is called a?
It is a rift zone or a divergent boundary. plus. no offense to that person that uploaded the previous answer.
Why do earthquakes occur along the San Andreas Fault?
Earthquakes occur along the San Andreas Fault because of the tectonic plates. When the plates slip or shift, an earthquake happens.
Do 2 plates slip past each other and cause earthquakes?
Yes, when tectonic plates move past each other along a fault line, it can cause earthquakes. The friction between the plates builds up and when the stress overcomes the frictional resistance, it is released as seismic energy, resulting in an earthquake.
Why do earthquakes only hit a certen place?
they hit in certain places because there are fault line and theres probably lot's the faults create enery and that energy builds up enough it makes the plates or titonic plates to move or shift.
What builds up as plates move against each other?
Stress and strain build up as tectonic plates move against each other. This can lead to deformation and eventually result in earthquakes along fault lines.
How does the San Andreas fault work to cause earthquakes?
Poo. :) Joking, just google it, Yahoo Answers has good answers about it Example: San Andreas is a transform fault with two plates sliding past each other. There is also a large bend in the fault (around the LA area). Basically, since these are large rocky plates and not water or something else slippery, they get stuck and tension builds up. When that tension is released as the plates slip, you get an earthquake. The bend makes it more difficult for the plates to slide past each other, which creates more tension, which is why there is such potential for the "big one."
What types of plates do Earthquakes form on?
Earthquakes typically occur along tectonic plate boundaries, where plates interact and shift against each other. The main types of plate boundaries that can experience earthquakes are divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries, and transform boundaries. Seismic activity is most common at transform boundaries such as the San Andreas Fault in California, where two plates slide past each other horizontally.
What fault forms when plates are pulled apart?
a normal fault
Where can a normal fault occur?
Fault line between the plates
How does the movement of the plates cause earthquakes?
As the plates move against each other (usually one moving under another), potential energy builds because some of one or both of the plates don't want to move. Then they give way. The energy released creates waves through the earth. This is the earthquake.
Earthquakes occur mainly allong the edges of?
Tectonic plates and fault lines created by the movement of tectonic plates.
