GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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 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-3: -fShare. What is an earthquake? An earthquake is a weak to violent shaking of the ground produced by the sudden movement of rock materials below the earth’s surface. The earthquakes originate in tectonic plate boundary.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.