Earthquakes release stress which causes permanent change in the Earth's crust.

Note: For further reference on earthquakes, please see SCEC's Regional Seismicity Education Module.

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Earthquake activities

 

References

Bolt, B.A.1993. Earthquakes.W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, 331 p.

Montgomery, C.W. 1990.Physical Geology, Second Edition. Wm. C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa, 555p.

Tarbuck, E.J. and F.K. Lutgens. 1984. Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, First Edition. Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, Columbus, Ohio, 594 p.

 

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