GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Earthquakes can strike suddenly and without warning. An earthquake is a violent and abrupt shaking of the ground, caused by movement between tectonic plates along a fault line in the earth’s crust. Earthquakes can result in the ground shaking, soil liquefaction, landslides, fissures, avalanches, fires and tsunamis.

Detailed explanation-2: -An earthquake is the shifting of the Earth’s plates, which results in a sudden shaking of the ground that can last for a few seconds to a few minutes. Within seconds, mild initial shaking can strengthen and become violent. Earthquakes happen without warning and can happen at any time of year.

Detailed explanation-3: -When tectonic plates move, it also causes movements at the faults. An earthquake is the sudden movement of Earth’s crust at a fault line. The location where an earthquake begins is called the epicenter. An earthquake’s most intense shaking is often felt near the epicenter.

Detailed explanation-4: -An earthquake is the sudden, rapid shaking of the earth, caused by the breaking and shifting of subterranean rock.

Detailed explanation-5: -The tectonic plates are always slowly moving, but they get stuck at their edges due to friction. When the stress on the edge overcomes the friction, there is an earthquake that releases energy in waves that travel through the earth’s crust and cause the shaking that we feel.