Geography Assignment
Contact Us:
Home
What is an Earthquake?
Major Occurrences
Severity Classification
Monitoring and Early Warning Systems
Where do they occur?
Geographical Process
3. Include meteorological information such as temperature, wind speed, air pressure.
4. Include climate influences such as El Nino or La Nina.
Case Study
Statistics
Impacts
Responses by individuals or groups
Media Article + Summary
Geological Process
An earthquake occurs when the built up pressure between two tectonic plates suddenly releases, and jaggedly moves the slightly weaker plate over a few centimeters. This can be blamed for the cause of continental drift.