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Here earthquakes occur because the 2 plates, continental plates, both are colliding with each other so due to friction, there are lots of movements so they collide, they cause movements on the earths crust so-earthquakes occur and because they are continental crusts they can't sink so they have to go somewhere so they move upwards so they cause fold mountains.

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What are plates moving toward each other?

Plates that move toasted each other are detractive plates meeting at a destructive margin. If a continental and an oceanic plate move towards each other, earthquakes and volcanoes occur, this is called a subduction margin, but if the plates are both continental then fold mountains form this is a collision margin


Where do earthquakes volcanoes and mountains occur along?

Along the tectonic plate boundaries.


Why do more earthquakes occur in states with mountains?

Because it was the earthquake/tectonic activity that built the mountains in the first place.


What do mountains have to do with earthquakes?

Mountains are often formed by the movement of tectonic plates, which can also cause earthquakes. The collision or movement of these plates can lead to the buildup of stress along fault lines, eventually releasing energy in the form of an earthquake. Mountains can also influence the distribution and intensity of seismic activity in a region due to the geological forces at play.


Why both earthquakes and volcanoes occur in some fold mountain areas?

Mountains and earthquakes occur in the same fold mountain areas because of the tectonic plates coming together, moving apart, and sliding one atop another. This causes areas to rise and form mountains.


Why are earthquakes mountains and volcanoes in the same classification?

Earthquakes, mountains, and volcanoes are all related to the movement of tectonic plates in the Earth's crust. Earthquakes occur due to the release of tectonic stress, while mountains are formed by the collision of tectonic plates, pushing crustal rocks upwards. Volcanoes are formed when magma from beneath the Earth's surface is released through openings in the crust, often associated with tectonic plate boundaries.


Why do earthquakes occur at conservative plate margins?

Because of the big grinding of the conservative plate margin cause the land to go back and forth


Why earthquakes occur at conservative plate margins?

Because of the big grinding of the conservative plate margin cause the land to go back and forth


What occur when two continental plates collide pushing the continental crust up to form mountains?

Earthquakes!


What is likely to occur on the earth's surface where it lies above the edges of crustal plates?

volcanoes,earthquakes,mountains


Do earthquakes occur more on mountains?

I belive so, because the plates are building up quite alot of energy


Why folding and faulting is one of the main causes behind earthquakes?

earthquakes often occur near fold mountains because fold mountains are formed on the earth's fault lines ( invisble lines in the earth's crust) and earthquakes happen when two fault lines crash together.