26+ Earthquakes Diagram Pics. The latest earthquakes application supports most recent browsers, view supported browsers. They are caused by one tectonic plate sliding over or past another plate along a faultline.
The epicenter is the spot on the earth's surface directly above the focus.
Today's biggest earthquakes all recent earthquakes ». An earthquake is a shaking, vibration, trembling or movement in the earth's crust. When energy is released at the focus, seismic waves. Earthquake diagram posted on january 20, 2015 by admin a schematic diagram of the subducting pacific slab beneath bonin region red star denotes hypocenter 2016 deep earthquake the schematic.
