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Why do earthquackes occur?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

earthquakes occur when the tectonic plates (the really big split lands including Indo-Australian plate, North American plates...) suddenly make so much pressure together and one goes under the other and one goes on top.

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