What are earthquakes?Describe their causes and effects?

Answer 1

A sudden movement of the earth's crust caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic faults or by volcanic activity. Also called seism , temblor

Answer 2

An earthquake is a phenomenon that results from and is powered by the sudden release of stored energy that radiates seismic waves. At the Earth's surface, earthquakes may manifest themselves by a shaking or displacement of the ground and sometimes tsunamis, which may lead to loss of life and destruction of property.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_quakes

Answer 3

Earthquakes are caused by the meeting of 2 plates, which cause faults. A fault is a visible line that an earthquake's epicenter is located.

Answer 4

Earthquakes are the shaking, rolling or sudden shock of movement on the earths crust, usually of very short term duration (1 minute or less, typically). They are generally caused by slippage between the earth's tectonic plates along fault lines, where the tectonic plates rub against each other.

Answer 5

A shift in the earth's tectonic plates cause earthquakes. Spaces where two tectonic plates meet is called a fault line.

Answer 6

An earthquake is the rearth belching

A volcano is the earth popping a pimple

A hurricane/typhoon is the earth crying.

Answer 7

Homework?

Answer 8

posting your question, and cutting&pasting the answers, is much more work than lookin them up on internet.
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Answer 9

OPEN ur Geography book u lazy.............

I don't want to repeat again..........

I remember,answered this question in my exam........

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Answer 10

you should really write your own homework assignments.