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All countries are located on tectonic plates - in fact the world is entirely covered with tectonic plates! Where different plates interact with each other the results can affect the countries locally. Where plates push together you can get volcanoes and earthquakes (an example is Japan.) Where plates pull apart there is usually lots of ocean but you can get some calm volcanism, (an example being Iceland.) Where plates rub past one another there can be earthquakes. An example would be the west coast of the USA and the San Andreas Fault.)

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Some countries located near or on tectonic plates include Japan, Indonesia, Chile, and Turkey. These countries are prone to frequent seismic activity, including earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, due to their positioning along tectonic plate boundaries.

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