Information About Earthquakes

Looking for information about earthquakes? What is an earthquake? What causes and earthquake? Where do earthquakes happen? Information about earthquakes can be found here at Earthquake Research.net. Here are a few interesting facts that may give you more information about earthquakes:

Earthquakes happen along fault lines, or fractures in the earth’s crust
Some fault lines are more active than others, or more likely to produce earthquake activity
Tidal waves are usually caused by underwater earthquakes which displaces the ocean water
It’s estimated that the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake did less damage than the fire that resulted afterwards