EARTH SCIENCE
NATURAL HAZARDS
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This is where magma seeps to the surface of the land.
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This is where you would also find most of the volcanoes.
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This is where the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth move down a slope.
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This is where the motion of the plates transfer energy to rock.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hot magma rises from the mantle at mid-ocean ridges, pushing the plates apart. Earthquakes occur along the fractures that appear as the plates move apart.
Detailed explanation-2: -Earthquakes occur along fault lines, cracks in Earth’s crust where tectonic plates meet. They occur where plates are subducting, spreading, slipping, or colliding. As the plates grind together, they get stuck and pressure builds up. Finally, the pressure between the plates is so great that they break loose.
Detailed explanation-3: -About 80% of earthquakes occur where plates are pushed together, called convergent boundaries. Another form of convergent boundary is a collision where two continental plates meet head-on.
Detailed explanation-4: -Earthquakes are usually caused when underground rock suddenly breaks and there is rapid motion along a fault. This sudden release of energy causes the seismic waves that make the ground shake.
Detailed explanation-5: -Generally, earthquakes occur mainly in the margins of tectonic plates caused by the sudden release of massive amount of energy within some finite regions from the interior of the Earth.