The recent earthquakes and landslides reported in the media recently are said to be a result of geological processes producing significant landscape responses. The recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, for instance, have been reported to be a result of Earth’s shifting tectonic plates causing significant land responses. The frequency and magnitude overtime help detect the motion of tectonic plates, which may be helpful in predicting future tectonic plate movement that causes earthquakes.
Gravitate, and frequency relationship is also important in identifying tectonic deformations and landsides as they help study activities that induce slope instability. For example, when large rotation slides involving volcanic rocks move tectonically in the active regions, geologists give warning of possible landslides and earthquakes, preparing human beings for such calamities. Recent landslides in Brazil during the World Cup season that caused intense flooding around the city could be associated with soil-mantled steep hill slopes around Rio de Janeiro city triggered by intense rainstorms.
Also, the recent earthquake in China that occurred within the Indo-Eurasian plate boundary, within the North China Block, is a bother example of weak altered volcanic rocks and heavy rains affecting the slope stability. Studies also stipulate that the strong influence of plate boundary processes of the diffused crustal formation could be the major cause of earthquakes. Weak crustal formation because of intense seismicity and dense population could be among other causes of the recent earthquake in China.
Conclusively, Uganda slides that rocked the news two months ago were linked to the intense deforestation, slope material with low shear strength/high clay content, high annual rainfall, and high weathering rates triggering factors of landslides, earthquakes, and extreme rainfall events. The mass movement associated with intense rainstorms.