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A long section of tectonic plates under California means the State experiences small earthquakes every day.

The tectonic plates under Mount Everest produced a 7.8 earthquake in Nepal in May 2015.


Scientists know that as tectonic plates pass move by each other, it causes major upheaval underground which causes an earthquake.

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