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Earthquakes occur on convergent boundaries because as the plates bump together, the ground becomes unstable. This process of plate movement also causes the formation of mountains.

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Q: How do earthquakes occur on convergent boundaries?
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Is an earthquakes a convergent or transform?

Earthquakes occur at all plate boundaries.


What geologic events occur at convergent boundaries?

Earthquakes


Do divergent boundaries have earthquakes?

Earthquakes can, and do, occur at divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries.


What kind of boundaries can cause earthquakes and volcanoes?

Earthquakes can occur at any type of plate boundary, but the most powerful earthquakes tend to occur at convergent boundaries and at transform boundaries.


In what type of boundary do deep earthquakes occur in?

They occur at convergent boundaries where subduction is occurring.


Where do very deep large magnitude earthquakes occur?

At convergent boundaries where subduction is occurring.


Do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur within plates or along the boundaries of plates?

Earthquakes and volcanoes occur mostly near the convergent plate boundary.


Where do most deep-focus earthquakes occur?

At convergent plate boundaries where subduction is occurring.


Which of the plate boundaries can produce earthquakes?

Convergent boundaries.


What type of plate boundary produces strong earthquakes?

Any type of plate boundary can cause an earthquake. That said, areas along convergent, divergent, and transform tectonic plate boundaries are the most likely places for earthquakes to occur.


Why do geological processes that occur at convergent boundaries vary?

because the way the plates move cause different processes to occur and covergent boundaries such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and rivers/oceans


Why do the geological processes that occur at convergent boundaries vary?

because the way the plates move cause different processes to occur and covergent boundaries such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and rivers/oceans