Christchurch Earthquake

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Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Tectonic Plates and Earthquakes

Earthquakes are caused by the movement of tectonic plates.  What do you think happens?

4 comments:

  1. The earths tectonic plates push, rub and slide together. This causes the ground to shake and cause tsunmai's and earthquakes.

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  2. Tectonic plates slide together and they can collide together. This causes the ground to shake and this causes earthquakes.

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  3. The tectonic plates rub push and slide together and they collide together which causes the ground to shake by that then this causes tsunami's and earthquakes to happen.

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  4. Tectonic plates make up the earth . The rubbing of the plates makes earthquakes. Some buildings fall down from earthquakes but some don't because they have a stronger structure.

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