The Big One will be a great earthquake. An earthquake is the shaking of the ground cause by seismic waves. Almost all earthquakes occur when pent up stress in rocks along large, active faults (like the SAF) is suddenly released as the rock breaks.he Big One will be a great earthquake. An earthquake is the shaking of the ground cause by seismic waves. Almost all earthquakes occur when pent up stress in rocks along large, active faults (like the SAF) is suddenly released as the rock breaks.
  Magnetism is the force generated by any moving charged particle or charged particles. A magnetic field is the result of the motion of a charged particle or charged particles, and this field is generated in no other way. Any time a charged particle moves, it creates a magnetic field around its path of travel.
Just as an electric charge is surrounded by an electric field, a moving electric charge is also surrounded by a magnetic field. Charges in motion have associated with them both an electric and a magnetic field. 23. 36.3 The Nature of a Magnetic Field. Electrons in Motion; Where is the motion of electric charges in a common bar magnet?