EARTHQUAKE

AND
VOLCANIC
ERUPTION:
VOLCANIC ERUPTION:

AN EARTHQUAKE IS THE SUDDEN

MOVEMENT OR VIBRATION OF THE
CRUST.IT IS CAUSED WHEN ROCK
MASSES SHIFT IN NEW POSITION.AS
THE ROCK MASSES SHIFT INTO NEW
POSITIONS,THE ENERGY STORED IN
THE ROCK MASSES IS TRANSMITTED
ONTO THE SURFACE IN THE FORM OF
SEISMIC (EARTH VIBRATION)
EARTHQUAKE WAVES.EARTHQUAKES
USUALLY HAPPEN ALONG
FAULTS.FAULTS ARE CRACKS IN
EARTH’S CRUST BETWEEN TWO LARGE
PLATES.