In California, there are frequent earthquakes
Earthquakes occur most often along the boundaries of tectonic plates.
Yes, but not as often as earthquakes happen near plate boundaries
Earthquakes commonly occur near tectonic plates when they rub together. A common place for earthquakes in the Unites States is California.
Japan and Indonesia have it quite often.
Yes.
Earthquakes infrequently occur away from plate boundaries. Most earthquakes occur at plate boundaries because of the stress caused by the interacting plates.
The edge of the oceanic and continental plates.
Yes. Not very often, though.
California has a lot of fault lines, that's why.
several thousand
There were at least 13 minor earthquakes in or near Sydney in the last 10 years. The magnitude of these 13 earthquakes ranged from 1.6 to 2.5. Earthquakes can occur in almost every part of Australia but occur much less often than along tectonic plates north and east of Australia.