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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.

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Do volcanoes occur in oceans and earthquakes occur on land?

Earthquakes and volcanoes both occur in land and ocean. =)


Do volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur ONLY at the boundaries?

No. Volcanoes can be found at hot spots away from plate boundaries. These volcanoes can produce earthquakes. Earthquakes can also occur at areas of ancient geologic activty such as failed rifts and can occur as a result fo glacier retreating.


Volcanoes and earthquakes are likely to occur?

Yes, they are likely to occur.


What do earthquakes volcanoes mineral deposits ocean trenches and mountain ranges all have in common?

they all occur along plate boundaries


Earthquakes and occur at plate boundaries?

Volcanoes


Why do earthquakes occur at volcanoes?

To release pressure.


What are the belts called that most earthquakes and volcanoes occur on?

Earthquakes and volcanoes often occur along the boundaries of tectonic plates. These boundaries are known as plate boundaries or fault lines. The most active areas for earthquakes and volcanoes are the Ring of Fire around the Pacific Plate and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where new oceanic crust is formed.


What are volcanoes and earthquakes likely to occur?

If you mean "where" earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely to occur it is in what's called the "ring of fire" which is the coastal ring around the Pacific Ocean.


Where do earthquakes and volcanoes mostly frequently occur?

Underground Earthquakes occur along fault lines. Volcanoes are all over the world but a good place to find one is in the Ring of Fire.


How are the location of earthquakes mountain ranges and volcanic activity related?

"Young" mountain ranges as well as earthquakes, volcanoes and tectonic plates tend to be located on or near the boundaries of tectonic plates.


Where are volcanoes and earthquakes most likely to occur in southwest Asia and africa?

There are faultlines along the bottom of the Levant coastline, the Red Sea, and the Olduvai Gorge. Earthquakes happen in those areas. There are no significant volcanoes in the Middle East or Africa.


What events happen at a convergent continental continental boundary?

For a variety of reasons, the majority of the earth's most violent earthquakes and volcanoes occur in these areas