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Most earthquakes occur in the ring of fire, a large region surrounding the vast Pacific Ocean. There is a lot of active plate movement, and convergent and divergent boundaries cause strike-slip faults to occur. Earthquakes that occur in this region can be in Vanuata, Japan, Alaska, California, Indonesia, and Sumatra.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoEarthquakes can occur where plates collide and where plates slide past each other eg, at he San Andreas Fault. It is a major site for earthquake activity. The Pacific Ring of Fire is also a major zone for earthquakes and volcanic activity.
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∙ 14y agoI would say the main places are the countries beside the out line of the plates!
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∙ 13y agoin the U.S., along the coastline. Like California, for example. Japan also has a lot of earthquakes, because they are very common there.
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∙ 10y agoEarthquakes happen a lot along fault lines... the boundaries of the tectonic plates.
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What are some natural disasters that accured in TN?
Earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes
Where are earthquakes a threat?
I need the top ten places where earthquakes are a threat to people for tomorrow
Why do earthquakes shake surtain places?
because the plates are in curtain places
Are there places in the US where earthquakes will probably not occur in the near future explain your answer?
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Why are some places badly affected by earthquakes?
Some places are heavily affected by earthquakes because they sit on or near a fault line. Christchurch, for example, sits near a fault line and is why it has frequent and strong earthquakes but practically everywhere in Australia is nowhere near a fault line so we get very littleearthquakes.
What are some natural disasters that accured in TN?
Earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes
How the flood accured in Pakistan 2010?
accured or occured...please specify
What type of countries has earthquakes?
Everywhere on the planet suffers from earthquakes at some time. However there ares some places where earthquakes, particularly bad earthquakes, are more frequent. These places are located at continental margins.
Where are earthquakes a threat?
I need the top ten places where earthquakes are a threat to people for tomorrow
Why do earthquakes shake surtain places?
because the plates are in curtain places
How can science attempt to prevent earthquakes?
Science has made specially designed buildings in the places where there are lots of earthquakes.
What is the seismic gap?
The theory predicting the relative size and frequancy of earthquakes in a given area, depending on the size and frequency of other earthquakes that have accured in that area. Example:- areas that have experianced many small earthquakes may not ever be likely to experience a large one, although, areas that with go long periods of time without having an earthquake are quite likely to have a large one.
Where and when do earthquakes occure?
Well earthquakes are unpredictable and cause because of shifting in plates places like California and Chili have lots of earthquakes because there on faltes.
What for a Seismograph is used?
a siesmograph is a graph that tells the power of an earthquake. it uasually takes track from the last earthquake and now it trys to find out what the next earthquakes power would be like and to try to see when it may occur sometimes it could be accured or not but that is a seidmograph.
What does rock formation have to do with earthquakes?
Nothing. It all has to do with plate tectonics.They push up rock from the crust causing earthquakes. There are plates in places like California, which is why earthquakes are common.
What is the meaning of accured intest when it is happened?
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Why are places at risk to earthquakes?
because earth's plates are moving around.
