We can. Scientists have made investigation on earthquakes. They have made maps showing the "Earthquake belts". In areas along these belts, earthquakes are likely to occur. In these areas we can build special houses to resist earthquake shocks and protect ourselves. In the future, scientists will...
If the two plates are moving away from each other, anocean ridgeorcontinental ridgeforms, depending on whether the plates meet under the ocean or on land. As the two plates separate, the mantle rock from the asthenosphere layer below flows up into the void between the plates. Because the p...
How were the Blue Ridge Mountains formed? How do volcanoes form at convergent boundaries? What are the major mountain ranges in North America? What makes up the highlands of Appalachian Mountains? Why are earthquakes so common in the Andes Mo...
If the volcano is erupting or demonstrating activity in the form of earthquakes or gaseous emissions, it is considered active. If the volcano is not showing any signs of activity, but has erupted within the last 10,000 years and has the potential to erupt again, it is considered dormant. ...
How are mountains and plateaus similar? How do earthquakes create mountain ranges? How were the Pamir Mountains formed? How were the Kunlun Mountains formed? How do fold mountains change over time? What type of boundary causes mountains?
Powerful earthquakes normally accompany escaping magma and the volcano gets bigger as magma rises to the crust. Various factors influence the flow of the lava and the nature of volcanic occurrence. Factors such as the mineral content, amount of gas, molten capacity of the material, the underlying...
Repeating earthquakes, or repeaters, affecting overlapping rupture patches with a similar focal mechanism, have important implications to track fault slip rates, aseismic deformation, slow earthquakes and earthquake nucleation processes. They are often d
Earthquakes occur when rocks beneath the ground abruptly move positions. This sudden motion makes the ground shake, sometimes with great violence. Although harboring destructive potential, earthquakes are one of the essential geological processes contrib
Seismologists think the new fault line quake was, in reality, two earthquakes which occurred at the same time, one being the normal horizontal motion, the other a vertical thrust, thus the reason for the bed being airborne. Searching our way through the dark for a light source, our legs ...
Earthquakes and Volcanic Activity:Tectonic activity makes these regions prone to earthquakes and, in some cases, volcanic activity. The Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain in the Andes Mountains. Examples of Fold Mountains Himalayas:Formed around 50 million years ago from the collision of the Indian and Euras...