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 * Do Earthquakes Have Anything To do with WEATHER?**

media type="custom" key="9623846" What causes a earthquake ? The outer layer of the earth, called the crust, is broken up into huge plates. They are very slowly being pushed together or pulled a part.When they crush or split They produce great shock waves which cause **Earthquakes.** []

media type="youtube" key="EUFtgrZvJwU" height="259" width="301" This is the New Zealand Fault line:)\ There are about 20 plates along the surface of the earth that move continuously and slowly past each other. When the plates squeeze or stretch,huge rocks form at their edges and the rocks shift with great force, causing a great shock wave that is called an earthquake. Here is an example: Imagine you had a pencil and held it horizontally. Hold it at both ends and put pressure on it then you will see it bend finally it will break releasing stress that you have put on it. The earth’s crust acts the same way because when the plates break it becomes an earthquake.