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Between plate or along fault lines.
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Rocks can form rift valleys and mountains.
The majority of earthquakes occur along tectonic plate boundaries. Because tectonic plates are always in motion toward, along or away from each other, huge stresses build up along or near these boundaries. When the stress reaches a point that the rocky structure of the plates cannot keep it in check, a failure along a fault triggers a quake.
Earthquakes occur along a fault. Near the San Andreas fault lots of earthquakes occur.
Anywhere along fault lines.
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Movement along the fault causes earthquakes; several thousand occur annually, although only a few are of moderate or higher magnitude.
Earthquakes occur along the San Andreas Fault because of the tectonic plates. When the plates slip or shift, an earthquake happens.
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Seismic gaps.
Between plate or along fault lines.