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Earthquakes: Cause and Effect

September 4, 2016 By Janice VanCleave

Earthquakes are usually caused when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault. This sudden release of energy causes the seismic waves that make the ground shake. When two blocks of rock or two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Earth Science, earthquakes Tagged With: body waves, earthquake, friction, locked faults, Love Waves, Moment Magnitude Scale (MMS), primary waves, Raleigh waves, Richter scale, secondary waves, seismic waves, slip-fault earthquake, surface waves, tectonic plates

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