Most earthquakes happen at the plates because the plates (continental plates) sometimes move. If it moves and slides against another one going the other way, the plates' connecting part will tremble and shake and fall apart. It starts like this:
1. The plates start to move. The land between, roads, and other things bend.
2. The plates suddenly break, and some of the roads get carried away, so everything falls apart.
Most earthquakes happen at the edge of tectonic plates, where the plates are colliding or sliding past each other. These areas are known as plate boundaries, and the stress and friction from the movement of the plates can lead to earthquakes.
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.
When the tectonic plates move underneath the continents.
no, earthquakes mainly happen when two plates crash each other or one plates goes under the other.
Most earthquakes happen along tectonic plate boundaries, where plates either collide, move apart, or slide past each other. These interactions create stress in the Earth's crust that gets released as seismic waves, causing an earthquake.
Earthquakes happen most along tectonic plate boundaries, such as the Pacific Ring of Fire. This is because the movement of tectonic plates causes stress to build up until it is released in the form of an earthquake. Areas where two plates meet, such as subduction zones or transform faults, are especially prone to earthquakes.
they just happen earthquakes are caused from the plates under earths surface moving
Most earthquakes occur near tectonic plates because as the plates shift, they move the ground causing an earthquake to occur. Most earthquakes happen there but you must keep in mind that the tectonic plates only move 4-6 centimeters every years.
Most earthquakes and volcanic eruptions happen along the edges of the plates.
They can happen anywhere. But they occur most commonly on plate boundaries. It is the collision of these tectonic plates that, in most cases, cause the earthquake.
Japan because they are right over where two plates meet!
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