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Are most earthquakes located near the edges or near the center of the continents?
Most earthquakes and volcanoes are on the Pacific rim of fire.
Active volcanoes are most likely to form at .?
Volcanoes are most likely to form at the edges of the tectonic plates.
Why is there no volcanoes in the middle of the Caribbean sea?
The middle of the Caribbean Sea is over the middle of the Caribbean Plate. Most volcanoes form near the edges of tectonic plates. For example, the lesser Antilles are composed in part of volcanoes at the margin of the Caribbean Plate.
Why do earthquakes and volcanoes occur near one another?
volcanoes form on hot spots (an area on a continential plate) so they are near each other <><><><><> They also form near edges of tectonic plates.
Where are most active volcanoes abundant?
Edges of tectonic plates
Is there a relationship between earthquakes and volcanoes?
Most volcanoes form along the edges of Earth's tectonic plates. Also most volcanic eruptions are preceded by earthquakes.
What do you call volcanoes that aren't on plate boundary edges?
Such volcanoes are hot spot volcanoes.
Are most volcanoes located near the edge or near the center of the continents?
they are located on the edge of plates because that's where the land grinds and shifts the most notable of the plate boundaries is the boundary around the pacific plate known as the ring of fire
Why are most volcanoes located on the edges of continents?
because the crust is thinner and the techtonic plates meet.
Why do earthquakes and volcanoes occur near the edges of the continents?
Earthquakes and volcanoes mainly occur near the edges of continents because of plate tectonics. This is where tectonic plates interact, leading to the formation of fault lines, subduction zones, and volcanic arcs. The movement of these plates causes intense geological activity, resulting in earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Do most volcanoes form near colliding plate boundaries?
Most volcanoes do form near colliding plate boundaries where subduction occurs, such as the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean. However, volcanoes can also form in other geologic settings, such as hotspots and rift zones.
Where do earthquakes and volcanes occur?
Earthquakes occur near faults and near the edges of plates in the earth's crust. Volcanic eruptions occur wherever a volcano is. Volcanic eruptions can occur when magma from below Earth's surface seeps through a weak spot in the crust. Volcanoes occur along plate boundaries, along the edges of plates, so this is where volcanoes occur also.
