GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The trembling of the earth’s crust is known as earthquake. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Earthquake. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates vibrations or seismic waves that radiate up to the surface, causing the ground to shake.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s lithosphere that creates seismic waves.

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.