Chapter 10: Earthquakes and Earth’s Interior. Introduction When the Earth quakes, the energy stored in elastically strained rocks is suddenly released.
EARTHQUAKES. DEFINITION Vibrations in the ground caused by a release of energy along faults, (breaks), in the Earth’s lithosphere as a result of plate.
1.What is an earthquake? 2.What causes earthquakes? 3.How are earthquakes measured? 4.What areas are more susceptible to an earthquake? Why? 5.What does.
