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Earthquakes are usually happen along the edges of the tectonic plates and are caused by the plates hitting together.
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What plate boundary do earthquakes occur?
Earthquakes occur at all plate boundaries.
Earthquakes and occur at plate boundaries?
Volcanoes
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 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.
Do most severe earthquakes occur at plate boundaries or in the middle of plates?
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
What plate boundary do earthquakes usually occur on?
earthquakes only happen at the edge of tectonic plates because of them moving which causes the 'quake' so there are never any BIG earthquakes in the UK because it is in the middle of a tectonic plate
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)
Where do most of earth volcanoes and earthquakes occur?
along plate boundaries
What is interpolate earthquake?
Earthquakes that occur along plate boundaries
Do earthquakes occur in plate interiors?
Yes, earthquakes can occur in plate interiors, especially in areas where older faults or weak zones exist within the plate. These intraplate earthquakes are less common than those that occur at plate boundaries, but they can still cause significant damage due to the unexpected nature of their occurrence. Examples include the New Madrid Seismic Zone in the central United States and the seismic activity in the stable interior of the Indian Plate.
Where are earthquakes or volcanoes likely to occur?
Earthquakes are likely to occur along tectonic plate boundaries where there is movement and stress in the Earth's crust. Volcanoes are likely to occur at convergent plate boundaries, divergent plate boundaries, and hotspots where magma from the Earth's mantle reaches the surface.
