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Why are earthquakes and volcanoes in the outside of the continents and not in the middle?
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The edges are where the plate boundaries (usually) meet.
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Why do some cities experience more earthquakes than others?
Some countries lie on the border of continents. some continents grind against each other, thus causing earthquakes, so of course, you couldn't have earthquakes in the middle of a continent! hope this was a help! x there are all different types of stressed areas were rocks are being pulled apart and compressed or scraped against each other it all depends upon the geologic setting. There are fault lines everywhere that could be from current stress environment or from prehistoric stress environments there are also isostatic compensations that can cause stresses and incite rupturing. Earthquakes can happen anywhere that these stresses build up although they are usually interplate earthquakes, intraplate earthquakes are not uncommon. For instance New Madrid Missouri is in the center of the laurentia plate however high magnitude earthquakes are common. The New Madrid seismic zone is underlain by the reel-foot rift a failed rifting zone that causes increased seismicity in that area.
Where does most geologic activity occur?
Most geological activity occurs where the earth's tectonic plates come together. This causes volcanoes and mountains to form while it also causes earthquakes.
Has an earthquake ever occurred in the middle of a continent?
Yes they have, earthquakes occur occasionally even in Chicago.
What proof of tectonic plates moving is there?
There are many proofs and they are as convincing as they are. That is the style of Alfred Wegener. Although he always provided good, reliable and convincing evidences, he was not a good speaker. A few might be that the fossils of the same species of dinosaurs were found on different continents, which are separated by seas and oceans. No dinosaur could have swam that far. Therefore, he concluded that there was once a where all of the current continents are joined together. There must be some force that caused the continents to move apart. Therefore, he came up with the idea that plate tectonics that were located under Earth's surface (lithosphere), which were moving, and brought the continents along with it. Another evidence is the existence of mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes, canyons, tsunamis and other landforms and landscapes. These could not have been formed without plate tectonics.
Where do earthquakes generally occur?
The Ring of Fire
Are volcanoes and earthquakes located in the middle of continents?
volcanoes form in many places like Hawaii and some in Asia but they are everywhere mostly in the middle there ane NO volcanoes in U.S. excluding Hawaii
Are volcanoes and earthquakes more frequently located along the edges or the middle of the continents?
edges
How many earthquakes happen in the middle of a plate?
Earthquakes hardly ever happen in the middle of plates because the is no fault-line to move. The most common earthquakes in the middle of plates are because of Volcanoes.
Where are volcanoes and earthquakes most likely to occur in southwest Asia and africa?
There are faultlines along the bottom of the Levant coastline, the Red Sea, and the Olduvai Gorge. Earthquakes happen in those areas. There are no significant volcanoes in the Middle East or Africa.
Why does the cascade range have so many volcanoes?
volcanoes typically happen along earth's tectonic plates. the plates move and shift, creating both volcanoes and earthquakes. Volcanoes may also occur in the middle of plates or even over hot spots :D
Is there a volcanoes Antarctica?
There're a lot of volcanoes in Antarctica and the "Ring of Fire", most volcanoes are at the "Ring of Fire" since the Ring of Fire is just like a ring and it's not all connected together. The middle of the tectonic plates may have earthquakes, volcanoes... Like if you live in Japen, there're a lot of volcanoes in Japen and since it's close to the Ring of Fire, it may have earthquakes. If you live in somewhere around Texas, there will never have an earthquake or have a volcano in Texas since Texas is very far away from the tectonic plate, and the volcanoes are mostly in California.
Are earthquakes most common where two continental plates spread apart?
They are most likely to occur at transform boundaries.
Why are volcanoes prevalent in certain parts of earth?
Volcanoes occur along the plates of the Earth. Volcanoes can remain dormant, active, or in inactive states. Active volcanoes occur in particular regions of the world due to the movement of the plates in the Earth.
What is Japans most common natural disaster?
Japan has earthquakes, tsunami's, volcanoes, snow avalanches and many other hazards.
Do all earthquakes have after shock?
No only middle and big magnitude earthquakes do.
What causes volcanoes to rupture?
the middle have it
Why is there no volcanoes in the middle of the Caribbean sea?
The middle of the Caribbean Sea is over the middle of the Caribbean Plate. Most volcanoes form near the edges of tectonic plates. For example, the lesser Antilles are composed in part of volcanoes at the margin of the Caribbean Plate.
