Question

Explain briefly, how do earthquakes occur?​

Answer 1

An earthquake is a sudden shaking movement of the surface of the earth. It is known as a quake, tremblor or tremor.

Earthquakes are caused by sudden tectonic movements in the Earth’s crust. The main cause is that when tectonic plates, one rides over the other, causing orogeny collide (mountain building), earthquakes.

Answer 2

Answer:

earthquakes are usually caused when rock underground suddenly breaks

Explanation:

the sudden release of energy causes the siesmic wave that make the ground shake when two blocks of rocks or two plates are rubbing against each other they stick a little and the rocks breaks and earthquake occurs