• Question: is the orbit an earthquake

    Asked by 933cmte47 to Cat?, Elaine, Helena, Iain, Gabriel on 10 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Cat Scott ?

      Cat Scott ? answered on 10 Mar 2016:

      When people talk about the Earth’s “orbit”, they mean the loop it travels in around the Sun (the Moon also orbits around us on the Earth!) – this is different to an earthquake which happens when two of the giant slabs of the Earth’s surface rub together.

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