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No. Many faults, especially minor ones, are located far from plate boundaries.

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Q: Are all faults located on tectonic plate boundaries?
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Places where a large number of faults are located?

Tectonic Plate boundaries


Places where large number of faults are located?

Tectonic Plate boundaries


Where should you find folds and faults?

along tectonic plate boundaries.


Do all faults lie on tectonic plate boundaries?

no who knows mabe yes


Are plate tectonic plate boundaries?

No, plate boundaries is part of the explanation of the Plate Tectonic theory:)


Where are the boundaries of tectonics plates?

The primary plate boundaries of tectonic plates are located around the continents.


What is the deepest fault in the world?

Tectonic plate boundaries are faults that extend all the way down to the asthenosphere of the upper mantle.


What are the main types of tectonic plate boundaries?

There are three primary types of tectonic plate boundaries. They pertain of Divergent boundaries, Convergent boundaries and Transform-fault boundaries.


What tectonic plate does California sit on?

California is located on the plate boundaries for the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate.


Are plate boundaries the same as tectonic boundaries?

Yes


How do you know if you live on a Plate Boundary?

Several things are characteristic of plate boundaries. Mountain and volcanoes are common at converging plate boundaries, as well as faults and earthquakes. mid oceanic ridges form when the edges of oceanic tectonic plates spread appart from each other. Island arcs form near the edges of a subducting tectonic plate.


Is it possible that a house can be over a tectonic plate?

All land is part of a tectonic plat so all houses are built on tectonic plates. A very few houses are built over faults, which can be the boundaries between two tectonic plates.