What happens to the plants and fish when earthquakes happen underwater?
Like on land, most underwater earthquakes cannot be felt. These tiny earthquakes happen every day without the fish or plants even knowing it. Larger earthquakes can be felt in the water. And though I am not a fish, I suspect that the minor sloshing due to an earthquake would not bother the fish much. (Tim Crone) How often do earthquakes happen on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? Because the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is so very long, many large earthquakes (greater than magnitude 3) happen along the ridge each day. However, if you were to stand in one spot on the ridge, you wouldn’t feel all of these. You would only feel the large earthquakes that happened nearby. So you would probably only feel one or two earthquakes each year. In addition, at each spot along the ridge, there are about 20-50 very small earthquakes every day that are too small to feel. (Tim Crone) How do underwater volcanoes affect the ocean floor? Underwater volcanoes affect the seafloor in many ways. The heat and magma from these vol
