What causes earthquakes and at what types of plate boundaries are earthquakes common?

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Azoundria · Answer 1 · 2019-04-16T12:33:03+0000

Hey there!

Earthquakes are caused by movement/shifts of tectonic plates.

Most earth quakes happen in the “Ring of Fire,” or the “Circum-Pacific Seismic Belt.”

Golo Roden · Answer 2 · 2019-04-20T16:12:09+0000

Answer:

Earthquakes can occur anywhere in a plate and can be caused by any boundary type. But they are much more common near convergent boundaries.

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