They move about 4 inches per year. About 4 million years ago there was one giant land mass called Pangaea. Later it split into two land masses called Gonwanaland and Luraisa. Luraisa split into North America and Eurasia. Gonwanaland split into South America, India, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica.
Continents move on a thick layer of tile.
Tile is a layer of hot rock under the crust but above the core. When it moves the continents move too. The plates can move in three different ways, away from each other, toward each other, or past each other. Earthquakes are caused by faults in the earth surface. There are many different kinds of faults.