How do movement of rocks cause earthquakes?

Earthquakes are usually caused when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault. This sudden release of energy causes the seismic waves that make the ground shake. When two blocks of rock or two plates are rubbing against each other, they stick a little. ... When the rocks break, the earthquake occurs.

Well its actually the movement of tectonic plates under the earths surface that when the slide along each other, pull away from each other, or push up against each other they create earth quakes.

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