Module I:

EARTHQUAKES
AND FAULTS
LESSON 3: HOW DO FAULTS
PRODUCE QUAKES?
 OBJECTIVES
1. Explain the effect of bending
of rocks along faults and
2. Relate fault movement and
earthquake
 Why not all
movement along
faults produce
earthquake?
Ms. Pilita Corales
 With your partner perform
activity on pp. 122 – 124 “ Stick
‘n’ shake
Questions:
1. What happens when the
bending becomes too much?

2. What is the effect of

bending of rocks along fault?
 The activity you just
performed simulates how rocks
bend along a fault. Think of a
ruler as if they were put of the
ground, how can you figured it?
 “ Earthquakes can happen
anytime, anywhere. They’ve all
occurred where there has been
frequent activity in the past and
there will be frequent activity in
the future.”
- John Minsch
Earthquakes occur on faults.

A FAULT is a thin zone of crushed rock

separating blocks of the earth’s crust. When an
earthquake occur on one of these faults, the
rock on one side of the faults slips with respect
to the other.
 In not more than 5
sentences, differentiate fault
movement from earthquake.