Does earthquake occur on moon
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no it does not occur on moon
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Yes they do, and they are called Moonquakes. The happen a bit differently to earthquakes do though, as the moon does not have moving crustal plates like earth does.
What happens is that the gravity from the Earth pulls at the close side of the Moon, squashing it into more of an oval shape than a sphere. This causes the rocky crust and the molten rock inside to change shape, and quakes happen as the Moon gets used to this new shape.
As the Moon goes around the earth its shape keeps getting pulled at, so the stress in the rocks builds up over and over, and causes moonquakes
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