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Why are there more earthquakes on the western coast of the US than on the eastern coast?
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Because there are more mountains and the rocky mountains are kind of newer than the Appalachian mountains. the plates are moving under the rocky mountains. Mainly the plates are moving like every day slowly. you can't even feel it move just like when the Earth's moving.
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