Living With Earthquakes Where Earthquakes Occur & Why Earthquakes happen along and near the boundaries of the tectonic plates. These plates are large sections of the Earth's crust that move at different speeds and in different directions, sometimes colliding, passing under one another and crushing or sliding past each other. Tension builds up between plates when they become jammed or grate together, and this tension is released as a burst of shaking energy - …showed first 75 words of 1229 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1229 total…MEDCs can also simply evacuate the area if the earthquake prediction is good enough. People can cope with the effects of Earthquakes by using the aid they receive to good effect. In areas where infrastructure has been damaged it is important to provide emergency relief. In the long term people can cope with Earthquakes by petitioning or asking their local or regional authorities to implement better and more wide-ranging earthquake preparation measures and emergency schemes.