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the Ring of Fire.
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∙ 12y ago- Most earthquakes occur along the edge of the oceanic and continental plates. The world's greatest earthquake belt, the circum-Pacific seismic belt, is found along the rim of the Pacific Ocean, where about 81 percent of the world's largest earthquakes occur. It has earned the nickname "Ring of Fire". The belt extends from Chile, northward along the South American coast through Central America, Mexico, the West Coast of the United States, and the southern part of Alaska, through the Aleutian Islands to Japan, the Philippine Islands, New Guinea, the island groups of the Southwest Pacific, and to New Zealand. This earthquake belt was responsible for 70,000 deaths in Peru in May 1970, and 65 deaths and a billion dollars' damage in California in February 1971.
Most earthquakes occur along the edge of the oceanic and continental plates. The earth's crust is made up of several pieces, called plates. The plates under the oceans are called oceanic plates and the rest which are under the land surface are continental plates. The plates are moved around by the motion of a deeper part of the earth (the mantle) that lies underneath the crust. These plates are always bumping into each other, pulling away from each other, or past each other. The plates usually move at about the same speed that your fingernails grow. Earthquakes usually occur where two plates are running into each other or sliding past each other.
Earthquakes mostly occur in places where there is a Fault Line. Plates under the Earth's surface move and push against each other.
Some of these places are:
- South America
- North America
- Japan
- Australia
- Africa
- Philippines
- India
- Caribbean
- Haiti
Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state and one of the most seismically active regions in the world. Alaska experiences a magnitude 7 earthquake almost every year, and a magnitude 8 or greater earthquake on average every 14 years.
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∙ 11y agoMost earthquakes occur where the edges of Earth's plates are.
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∙ 11y agoAll earthquakes take place on the earth.
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Where Most of the world's earthquakes occur around?
the Ring of Fire.
Where do the worlds earthquakes occur around?
Most earthquakes occur where the edges of Earth's plates are.
Where do most of the worlds earthquakes occur around?
the Ring of Fire.
Do most earthquakes occur on fault lines?
Most earthquakes do occur on fault lines.
IS there anyway to determine what parts of the world are most prone to earthquakes?
earthquakes usually occur on plates' borders. You can look at the pattern of past earthquakes.
Where Most of the world's earthquakes occur around?
the Ring of Fire.
Where do the worlds earthquakes occur around?
Most earthquakes occur where the edges of Earth's plates are.
Do most earthquakes occur around earthquake valley?
Please more specific, as earthquakes occur worldwide.
Where do most of the worlds earthquakes occur around?
the Ring of Fire.
Do all countries have earthquakes?
Earthquakes can generally occur anywhere in the world, but most happen at plate boundaries.
Do most earthquakes occur on fault lines?
Most earthquakes do occur on fault lines.
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 most earthquakes occur around the pacific plate?
YES! Matthew Jones
Most earthquakes occur around the outer edge of what ocean?
The pacific ocean
IS there anyway to determine what parts of the world are most prone to earthquakes?
earthquakes usually occur on plates' borders. You can look at the pattern of past earthquakes.
What are volcanoes and earthquakes likely to occur?
If you mean "where" earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely to occur it is in what's called the "ring of fire" which is the coastal ring around the Pacific Ocean.
Where earthquakes have hit the most?
Earthquakes occur most in the Indonesian area.
