Exploring the link between earthquakes and volcanoes 3 Articles

by Beth Ramsay

The lithosphere is made of tectonic plates. These plates move around the Earth's surface, constantly drifting apart and crashing together. There are 12 tectonic plates in total. These 12 plates float on the liquid magma of...read more

by Rex Trulove

There is little doubt anymore that earthquakes and volcanoes are linked, in more ways than one, but it can be an interesting and worthwhile exercise to explore just how they are connected. Most volcanoes are formed when...read more

by Aldo Bonincontro

Simply speaking, we can say that everywhere there's a volcano, there's a seismic zone, with a high risk of strong earthquakes but, on the other hand, not all seismic regions have volcanoes, when earthquakes are caused only...read more