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.
Northridge Earthquake Earthquakes strike without any warning and there is no way of predicting them. Movement of the earth's tectonic plates causes Earthquakes. Earthquakes occur where the earth's plates meet along plate boundaries. For example as two plates move towards each other, one can be pushed down under the other one into the mantle. If this plate gets stuck, it causes a lot of pressure on surrounding rocks.