Gozertank t1_j9cnn9f wrote on February 20, 2023 at 11:11 PM Reply to ELI5: What makes earthquakes happen so suddenly? by kingkornish Simplest visualisation is snapping your fingers. Your thumb and middle finger are the tectonic plates, pushing against each other until the force trying to move them becomes stronger than the friction keeping them in place and then SNAP earthquake. Permalink 6
Gozertank t1_j9cnn9f wrote
Reply to ELI5: What makes earthquakes happen so suddenly? by kingkornish
Simplest visualisation is snapping your fingers. Your thumb and middle finger are the tectonic plates, pushing against each other until the force trying to move them becomes stronger than the friction keeping them in place and then SNAP earthquake.