Earthquakes

Kinds and locations of earthquakes 3 kinds of earthquakes Ø TECTONIC (more devastating) · Cause by movements of the tectonic plates around earth crusts · Most of them occur at boundaries of these plates. Ex. San Andres fault in California · 50% occur art sub duction zones concentrated along the ring of fire Ocurre in variety of settings mid ocean ridges the sea floor spreading centers Ø VOLCANIC ( usually small ) · In a volcano it could have more than a 100 earthquakes a day …showed first 75 words of 525 total…

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