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OpenStudy (anonymous):
Explain what causes earthquakes to occur.
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hero (hero):
what the world???
OpenStudy (anonymous):
The short answer is that earthquakes are caused by faulting, a sudden lateral or vertical movement of rock along a rupture (break) surface.
OpenStudy (blues):
Plate tectonics. Continental plates push against each other at the edges. A lot of static friction builds up and when it passes a certain point the plates shift. Kinetic friction is less than static friction, so once they start sliding they keep doing so until all that force is released. Hence an earthquake.
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When two tectonic plates do that: |dw:1335233542298:dw|
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