Earthquakes – What are they?
An earthquake also called temblors is the shaking of the ground caused by a sudden movement and breaking of tectonic plates, which are large parts of the earth’s rocky outermost crust. The edges of the...
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Avalanches are a type of Land Movement. They are a very fast flow of snow that slides down high snowy mountains. They occur from natural triggers (like snow on lower slops melt) or human activity....
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Lahars are once again a type of Land Movement. They are a type of mud flow composed of rocky rubbish, water and pyroclastic (this word here means mostly composed of rock fragments of volcanic origin)...
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A volcano is an opening in the earths crust where magma, ash and gases can escape. Eruptions occur when there is a build up of these underground. You mainly find volcano’s where the tectonic plates...
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