The shakes are not really big at times some are worse than others I just wanted to know what causes them ?
2006-06-12 10:18:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
The shakes are caused by the earth's underground movement - the technical term for this is 'tremor' (or a temblor, if the smaller shake comes after an earthquake). A bigger shake would be an earthquake - often very destructuve in terms of life and property.
2006-06-12 18:10:43 · answer #1 · answered by Rakesh A 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Peru is located where the Nazca and South American tectonic plates converge. These two plates are converging at a rate of 78 mm/year, with the Nazca plate moving relatively eastward and slipping beneath the North American plate. As the plates grind past one another they cause minor tremors and sometimes they 'stick' for a number of years when there is little movement, but when they do eventually release this causes a large jolt in the earths crust and the major earthquakes that Peru has experienced over the years.
2006-06-12 10:35:07 · answer #2 · answered by piapoi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everyone gets shakes even though we cannot feel most of them... theres one earthquake every 30 seconds
2006-06-19 03:36:18 · answer #3 · answered by i_know_lots_about_lots_of_things 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋