Earthquakes
Geography: AQA GCSE, topic 1.2.14
Earthquakes
An earthquake is a sudden or violent movement within the Earth’s crust followed by a series of shocks. An earthquake happens when the Earth’s tectonic plates move and cause the ground to shake.
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Can happen at all 3 plate margins
- Earthquakes can happen at destructive, constructive and conservative plate margins.
Plates forcing their way past each other
- As plates move past each other, pressure builds up from the friction between them.
- When the pressure is sufficient, the plates give way.
- The tectonic plates will surge past each other and the ground will shake from this violent movement.
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