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Q: What is a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanoes?
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Why are earthquakes and volcanoes frequent in japan?

Japan lies in the earthquake zone where four plates come together. As the plates push against each other, they cause violent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.


This region is subjected to frequent earthquakes and volcanoes?

Ring of Fire


What is the region called that is subject to frequent earthquakes and volcanoes?

ring of fire


Location of frequent earthquakes at the subduction zone?

Ocean Trench


What is a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in Pacific Ocean is called?

ring of fire... THIS ANSWER IS WRONGGG! I TRIED IT AND IT WAS WRONG!


What is created at a convergent boundary?

It is a subduction zone and can create earthquakes and volcanoes


Zone of earthquakes and volcanoes surrounding the pacific ocean?

The Ring of Fire


What zone of earthquakes and volcanoes surrounding the pacific ocean?

The Ring of Fire


Frequent earthquakes and active volcanoes occur in Japan because it is located on the Ring of Fire?

True


Where are earthquakes or volcanoes likely to occur?

The answer is that earthquakes and volcanoes are most frequent along Tectonic plate boundaries, these are the natural pieces that the continents and oceans are on.


Why does an earthquake zone have earthquakes if no volcanoes are there?

Volcanoes are not the primary cause of earthquakes. Most earthquakes result from the stresses created by tectonic plates moving past or against one another. At transform boundaries there is no mechanism to produce volcanoes, but the movement of the plates will still cause earthquakes. Stresses within a plate can also cause earthquakes.


Why are earthquakes so frequent in Central America?

because of the volcanoes...nd the plates in the earth always move and shift