In this video, students will learn what happens when stresses build up in rocks along a fault and what happens when these stresses are released. Viewers will come to understand how these stresses relate to earthquakes and how they can be used to predict earthquakes. Through live-action footage and animation different type of faults are described and explained.

Originally released by Mazzarella Media, 2015. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 16, 2018.

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