DEFINE EARTHQUAKE - EARTHQUAKE DEFINITION - VOLCANO - TYPE OF EARTHQUAKE
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Earthquake is the shock that occurs on the surface of the earth due to movements of Earth's plates. The word earthquake usually used to indicate the location of the earthquake example jogjakarta earthquake, california earthquake, japan earthquake.
Earth is something that is made of stone - rocks. even though our world because many elements of rock solid and always rotating, but the earthquake occurred due to the pressure that occur due to plate movement is not arrested again.
* There are several kinds of earthquakes:
- Volcanic Earthquake (Volcano)
- Tectonic Earthquake
Volcanic Earthquake
* Volcanic Earthquake is earthquake occurred as a result of volcanic activity of the magma before it erupts. The more active magmatic activity, it will cause an explosion that caused the earthquake, but the earthquake was only felt in the vicinity of the volcano.
Tectonic Earthquake
*Tectonic Earthquake is earthquake was caused by the tectonic activity, namely a shift in plate tectonic plates suddenly having the power of the very small to very large.