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Where do earthquakes occur the most - near plate boundaries or far away from plate boundaries?
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Near plate boundaries. (Thank you teacher for explaining)
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Do earthquakes most often occur at faults that are away from plate boundary?
Earthquakes infrequently occur away from plate boundaries. Most earthquakes occur at plate boundaries because of the stress caused by the interacting plates.
Do earthquakes occur in plate interiors?
yes earthquakes happen at all types of plate boundaries but most of them occur at destructive, collisional, and conservative plate boundaries
Do volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur ONLY at the boundaries?
No. Volcanoes can be found at hot spots away from plate boundaries. These volcanoes can produce earthquakes. Earthquakes can also occur at areas of ancient geologic activty such as failed rifts and can occur as a result fo glacier retreating.
At what boundaries do the largest earthquakes occur?
It is along the boundary between tectonic plates that most earthquakes occur. These plate boundaries are zones of differential movement between the plates. The tectonic plates, great masses of shifting crust, move into, along or away from each other at their boundaries. Forces of almost unimaginable magnitude build up pressures that cannot possibly be measured. And this occurs between masses of rock and earth that do not want to shift. When they "let go" in response to the pressure, a quake can occur.
Why are there more earthquakes occurring near plate boundaries than near the center of a plate?
The movement of the plates relative to one another much greater stress along faults than is typically found away from plate boundaries.
Do earthquakes most often occur at faults that are away from plate boundary?
Earthquakes infrequently occur away from plate boundaries. Most earthquakes occur at plate boundaries because of the stress caused by the interacting plates.
Do earthquakes occur in plate interiors?
yes earthquakes happen at all types of plate boundaries but most of them occur at destructive, collisional, and conservative plate boundaries
Do earthquakes often occur at at faults that are away from plate boundaries?
Yes, but not as often as earthquakes happen near plate boundaries
Do earthquakes mostly occur at faults that are away from plate boundaries?
False. Earthquakes mostly occur along faults that are at or very near to plate boundaries.
What is one theory of how earthquakes can occur away from lithospheric plate boundaries?
I don't know?
Is it true that earthquakes most often occur at faults that are away from plate boundaries?
yes
Why do most earthquakes occur near tectonic plate boundaries?
Tectonic plates move along, against, or away from eachother at their boundaries. These movements produce earthquakes
Why do Earthquakes most commonly occur near tectonic plate boundaries.?
Tectonic plates move along, against, or away from eachother at their boundaries. These movements produce earthquakes
Is divergent plate movement associated with the strongest earthquakes?
Although earthquakes can occur anywhere on the planet with little or no warning, the strongest earthquakes occur near the plate boundaries, as the plates converge (collide), diverge (move away from another)
Do volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur ONLY at the boundaries?
No. Volcanoes can be found at hot spots away from plate boundaries. These volcanoes can produce earthquakes. Earthquakes can also occur at areas of ancient geologic activty such as failed rifts and can occur as a result fo glacier retreating.
Why do most earthquakes occur along tectonic plate boundaries?
Earthquakes occur when rock shifts in position on either side of a fault. Tectonic plate boundaries are massive faults that extend down to the asthenosphere.Most earthquakes take place along tectonic plate boundaries because that is where most of the shift occurs.
Why do areas away from plate boundaries are not affected by earthquakes?
Plate boundaries, as the San Andreas fault demonstrates, are likely to cause earthquakes as sudden releases of stored energy occur when the two plates suddenly slip past each other. Naturally the further you are from the plate boundary the less intense the effect of quakes.
