Category Archives: Tectonic Plates

Seismologist Say El Paso Could See Magnitude 7 Earthquake

Whereas California lies along a fault line of large and grinding tectonic plates, the East Coast is atop a craton, or large continental plate that's simply brittle, stretched and strained, according to Professor Robert M. Thorson, a geologist at the … Continue reading

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All Shook Up: Earthquakes 101

"I would not put a cause to it other than the normal stresses that exist in the earth, the movement of the tectonic plates. here we are far, far, far from. The week the tectonic plates shifted. Night view from … Continue reading

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