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How It Occurs
• Earthquakes occur due to the sudden release of energy in the
Earth's crust.
• The Earth’s crust is made up of huge pieces of flat rocks know
as tectonic plates. Where two of these pieces meet they rub
together and create huge amount of energy.
• The energy changes or transfers into waves.
• The waves travel through the crust to the Earth’s surface.
• We feel these waves on the Earth’s surface as an Earthquake.
