The median home value in Emerald Isle, NC is $ 385,000. This is higher than the county median home value of $ 233,100. The national median home value is $ 185,800. The average price of homes sold in Emerald Isle, NC is $ 385,000. Approximately 18.06% of Emerald Isle homes are owned, compared to 8.55% rented, while 73.39% are vacant. Emerald Isle real estate listings include condos, townhomes, and single family homes for sale.
Even if it be granted that the effective forces which cause the folding and dislocation of rocks are, in the last analysis, a horizontal or tangential compression, it still remains to inquire how this great force was generated. There is no general agreement concerning the solution of this problem.
The edge of the continental plate in the drawing has folded into a huge mountain range, while the edge of the oceanic plate has bent downward and dug deep into the Earth. A trench has formed at the bend. All that folding and bending makes rock in both plates break and slip, causing earthquakes.