This article is about the Windows file system browser. For file browsers and file managers in general, see file manager. File Explorer, previously known as Windows Explorer, is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards. It provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems.
Earthquakes occur when energy stored in elastically strained rocks is suddenly released. This release of energy causes intense ground shaking in the area near the source of the earthquake and sends waves of elastic energy, called seismic waves, throughout the Earth.
Earthquakes are caused by the movement of the tectonic plates underneath Earths surface. Volcanic eruptions only happen in certain places because they only form on the plate boundaries where there is a subduction boundary. Earthquakes are caused by the movement of the tectonic plates underneath Earths surface.