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The cause and effect of earthquakes. I need an essay written. This is worth 14 POINTS I NEED THIS ANSWERED BY TOMORROW PLEASE

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There are different causes and effect when it comes to an earthquake. An, earthquake plots these vibrations on a seismograph. The strength, or magnitude, of an earthquake, is measured using the Richter scale. Quakes measuring around 7 or 8 on the Richter scale can be devastating. One cause of this is by sudden tectonic movements in the Earth’s crust. The main cause is that when tectonic plates, one rides over the other, causing mountain building (also known as orogeny collide), earthquakes. The largest fault surfaces on Earth are formed due to boundaries between moving plates. An effect to all this is many building, hospitals, schools, etc are destroyed due to it. A lot of people get killed and injured. Many people lose their money and property to an earthquake. The environmental effects of it are that including surface faulting, subsidence and tectonic uplift, soil liquefaction, ground resonance, tsunamis and ground failure, either directly linked to a quake source or provoked by the ground shaking.

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