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An earthquake tends to be described by the visible damagecriteria according to the Mercalli scale or by the amount of energy released according to the Richter or Moment Magnitude scales.

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An earthquake is caused by shaking ground.

The ground on the Earth is not all one chunk of ground. It is in sections. These sections are called plates. Earthquakes happen when two of these plates rub against each other.

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