Earthquake FAQ – Trinidad and Tobago Weather Center

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Causes of Earthquakes

<img width="480" height="360" src="https://i2.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Faults.jpg?resize=480%2C360&ssl=1" class="tidymag-cgrid-post-thumbnail-img wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Faults.jpg?resize=480%2C360&ssl=1 480w, https://i2.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Faults.jpg?zoom=2&resize=480%2C360&ssl=1 960w, https://i2.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Faults.jpg?zoom=3&resize=480%2C360&ssl=1 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" data-attachment-id="2320" data-permalink="https://ttweathercenter.com/2019/04/19/faults-earthquakes/faults/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Faults.jpg?fit=1800%2C945&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1800,945" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Faults" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Faults.jpg?fit=300%2C158&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Faults.jpg?fit=1024%2C538&ssl=1" />

Faults & Earthquakes

Overview of Plate Tectonics & Plate Boundaries

<img width="480" height="360" src="https://i0.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Fault1.jpg?resize=480%2C360&ssl=1" class="tidymag-cgrid-post-thumbnail-img wp-post-image" alt="Overview of Plate Tectonics & Plate Boundaries" data-attachment-id="2084" data-permalink="https://ttweathercenter.com/fault1/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Fault1.jpg?fit=750%2C418&ssl=1" data-orig-size="750,418" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Overview of Plate Tectonics & Plate Boundaries" data-image-description="<p>This image shows the three main types of plate boundaries: divergent, convergent, and transform. Image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. Note that the lithosphere is the crust, although it may seem like a separate entity in the diagram</p> " data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Fault1.jpg?fit=300%2C167&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Fault1.jpg?fit=750%2C418&ssl=1" />

Plate Tectonics

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Earthquake Prediction & Forecasting

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Earthquake Magnitude & Intensity

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T&T Seismic Zones

Earthquake swarm of December 2004 across Eastern Trinidad

<img width="480" height="360" src="https://i2.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/EQ_Swarm.jpg?resize=480%2C360&ssl=1" class="tidymag-cgrid-post-thumbnail-img wp-post-image" alt="Earthquake swarm of December 2004 across Eastern Trinidad" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/EQ_Swarm.jpg?resize=480%2C360&ssl=1 480w, https://i2.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/EQ_Swarm.jpg?zoom=2&resize=480%2C360&ssl=1 960w, https://i2.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/EQ_Swarm.jpg?zoom=3&resize=480%2C360&ssl=1 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" data-attachment-id="2520" data-permalink="https://ttweathercenter.com/eq_swarm/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/EQ_Swarm.jpg?fit=1800%2C945&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1800,945" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="EQ_Swarm" data-image-description="<p>Earthquake swarm of December 2004 across Eastern Trinidad</p> " data-image-caption="<p>Earthquake swarm of December 2004 across Eastern Trinidad</p> " data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/EQ_Swarm.jpg?fit=300%2C158&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/EQ_Swarm.jpg?fit=1024%2C538&ssl=1" />

Earthquake Swarms

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