Volcanoes and earthquakes

How are volcanoes and earthquakes related?

Most earthquakes directly beneath a
volcano are caused by the movement of
magma. The magma exerts pressure on
the rocks until it cracks the rock. Then the
magma squirts into the crack and starts
building pressure again. Every time the
rock cracks it makes a small earthquake.
What is a Volcano?
A volcano is a mountain that opens downward to a pool of
molten rock below the surface of the earth. When
pressure builds up, eruptions occur. Gases and rock shoot
up through the opening and spill over or fill the air with
lava fragments.
how volcanoes are made?
When thick magma and large
amounts of gas buildup under
the surface, eruptions can be
explosive, expelling lava, rocks
and ash into the air. Less gas
and more viscous magma
usually mean a less dramatic
eruption, often causing streams
of lava to ooze from the vent.
magma
Magma is a molten and liquid rock that is only found below the
earths surface. That is because once it reaches the surface it
becomes lava. This substance is made up of a combination of
dissolved gases, rock fragments and crystals and the liquid part
of it is referred to as the melt.
what is a earthquake?
An earthquake is the shaking
of the surface of the Earth,
resulting from the sudden
release of energy in the
Earth's lithosphere that
creates seismic waves.
Earthquakes can be violent
enough to toss people around
and destroy whole cities.
How earthquakes are measured?
Earthquakes are measured using measurements from seismometers. The
moment magnitude is the most common scale on which earthquakes larger than
approximately 5 are reported for the entire globe. The more numerous
earthquakes smaller than magnitude 5 reported by national seismological
observatories are measured mostly on the local magnitude scale, also referred to
as the Richter magnitude scale.
cause of the earthquakes
The majority of naturally-occurring
earthquakes are triggered by movement of the
earth's plates.
There are Three Major Kinds of Volcanoes
Although volcanoes are all made from hot
magma reaching the surface of the Earth and
erupting, there are different kinds. Shield
volcanoes have lava flows with low viscosity
that flow dozens of kilometers; This makes
them very wide with smoothly sloping flanks.