Earthquakes explained (explainity® explainer video)

The ground shakes and rumbles, and whole cities can be destroyed! Earthquakes are one of the most common natural disasters on earth. But why do they happen?
Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered in this explainity video!

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This explainer video was produced by explainity GmbH

[LillyMamoth]

Here cuz nj & ny got a lil shake today small but still

[adamoufkir]

Moroccan here, to see why this happened in Marrakech. Thanks for the explanation!

[kudokanry]

Cannot believe I've just understood a paragraph that is "aggressively" long in our essay about Earthquakes WITHOUT 3 MINUTES... I'm gonna subscribe-

[EveningSanctuary]

As a Brazilian, I am very thankful for the location of my country. Pretty much no earthquake risk at all here

[Ftemedia]

I’m here cause we just had an earthquake in New Jersey!

[chrissy]

They're still scary when they happen. Even though I've lived through them all. I still freak out like a kid 😅

[MomentsNature-wo]

Very easy to understand explanation. THANK YOU

[ganjisuresh]

What about water reservoirs induced earth quakes, meteorite impact earthquakes, landslide related earth quakes?

[halodav]

good explanation, foremost for a student like me that have to explain this for a oral test

[Springkid]

Greetings! Just a quick question, the video mentions that earthquakes were caused by sliding the plates with each other. But what about when the plates move apart from each other or collides with each other? Do earthquakes form that way too? I know mountains form when plates collides against each other but will earthquake form too? Thank you!

[itsyaboycharles]

Can i use this video for my project???

[VikingTeddy]

Not the Richter scale. It's called the moment magnitude scale. The Richter scale is a half century old model that didn't work that well, it was replaced in there 70s. No one uses it.

It's an easy mistake to make. EVERYBODY has this misconception, it's so stuck in our language that we all learn it. Even schools *to this day* teach it wrong 😊

[snaht]

i am here cause i was stoned and i need to know now ..

[binkus]

Here because I just experienced a strong and short one in Guam, born and raised.

[LilJollyJoker]

Here bc I just experienced an earthquake in NYC lol

[upupnawe]

Here because of all the recent ones in Taiwan 😵‍💫

[randomguyodst]

I would like to see all that happening if you presented actual footage instead of animations.

[MegaSquishy]

Nj got one at 10:23am and an aftershock at 6pm. It was weird since we don’t get them here. Ik Californians are laugh at us east coasts right now

[by___ac]

Here after Melbourne, Victoria, Australia’s earthquake on 28 May 2023 😅

[jackiehoeta]

Lol who else is stuck on the first 3 mins rewinding just to understand it better