GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Earthquakes are the result of sudden movement along faults within the Earth. The movement releases stored-up ‘elastic strain’ energy in the form of seismic waves, which propagate through the Earth and cause the ground surface to shake.

Detailed explanation-2: -An earthquake is a weak to violent shaking of the ground produced by the sudden movement of rock materials below the earth’s surface.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the process of breaking, vibrations called “seismic waves” are generated. These waves travel outward from the source of the earthquake along the surface and through the Earth at varying speeds depending on the material through which they move.

Detailed explanation-4: -An earthquake is the sudden movement of Earth’s crust. Earthquakes occur along fault lines, cracks in Earth’s crust where tectonic plates meet. They occur where plates are subducting, spreading, slipping, or colliding.

Detailed explanation-5: -An earthquake is a sudden shaking of the earth as a result of the movements of lithospheric plates.