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A geologic hazard is one of several types of adverse geologic conditions capable of causing damage or loss of property and life. These hazards consist of sudden phenomena and slow phenomena: Sudden phenomena include: avalanches (snow, rock, or air & snow) and its runout.
Tectonic hazards are hazard events caused by tectonic plates colliding into each other, moving against each other, moving apart or subduction between a less dense plate and a more dense plate.Examples of tectonic hazards include: There is a distinct difference between the labelling of natural hazards and disasters.Natural hazard-a natural event with the potential to harm people and their property. Natural disaster-the realisation and impacts of a natural hazard (injuries, deaths, disruption and damage). Earthquakes-these most commonly occur when two tectonic plates move against each other. 2  Rocks break underground at the centre of the earthquake, and then the Earth's crust shakes when energy is released. 3  Tsunamis-caused by the rapid displacement of water.