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Most earthquakes occur along the oceanic and continental plates where two plates are running into each other or sliding past each other. Fault lines or cracks in the earth can be created along these plate edges. The Pacific plate is the most active so most of the earthquakes are along the edge of that plate such as the Ring of Fire in the basin of the Pacific Ocean.

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Adonis Herman

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