The effects from earthquakes are caused by ground shaking , surfacefaulting , ground failure, and less commonly, tsunamis .
地震的影响主要由地动、地质断裂、地面塌陷和极少数情况下出现的震后海啸引起。
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Whitney is part of the Sierra Nevada, a fault-block mountain range formed when shifting tectonic plates led to the cracking and faulting of the Earth's surface.