An earthquake is a massive release in energy from the movement of the tectonic plates which make up the earth’s crust. Areas of the earth’s surface where tectonic plates meet are known as faults, the tectonic plates slide past each other, but sometimes they become stuck and this causes energy to be stored, as the energy builds the plates will...

Volcanoes are ruptures in the planet’s surface which allow magma, volcanic ash and gasses to escape from beneath the earth’s crust. They are commonly found where tectonic plates diverge or converge. Diverging tectonic plates are moving away from each other, and converging plates are those that are moving towards each other. Most land volcanoes are...