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This category includes articles about individual earthquakes, listed by the continent in which the epicenter occurred. This is a container category . Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories .
Deep-focus earthquakes occur at a depth where the subducted lithosphere should no longer be brittle, due to the high temperature and pressure. A possible mechanism for the generation of deep-focus earthquakes is faulting caused by olivine undergoing a phase transition into a spinel structure.
Pages in category "Earthquakes in Africa" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center.Most are tiny and barely noticed by people living where they happen. But some are strong ...
A type of seismic zone is a Wadati–Benioff zone which corresponds with the down-going slab in a subduction zone. [2] The world's greatest seismic belt, known as the Circum-Pacific seismic belt, [3] is where a majority of the Earth's quakes occur.
Earthquakes are common on the West Coast, with multiple plate boundaries like the San Andreas fault making geologic activity more likely. They are rarer on the East Coast, but they do happen .
According to earth science consultant Dr Chris Hartnady, "This part of Africa is in the vicinity of the African Rift system, which is being pulled apart by a few millimetres annually." He says "earthquakes are caused by a slip on a fault line and the release of stored elastic energy" and mining activity can trigger earthquakes. [1]
Due to its scope, it should ... Earthquakes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... Earthquakes in Eritrea (5 P) M. Earthquakes in Morocco (1 C, 10 P) S ...