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Most earthquakes take place in the Ring of Fire, a line close to the borders of the Pacific Ocean.
This includes places such as Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, China, Japan, Russia, Alaska US, Canada, Continental US, Mexico, Central America, Ecuador, Peru and Chile.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agothere is no particular place its all about where the tectonic plates move and shift.
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What regions do earthquakes mostly occur?
earthquakes usually occur at tectonic plate boundaries
What must be passed for earthquakes to occur?
seismic unit
What geologic events occur at transform boundries?
Earthquakes
Do earthquakes occur in plate interiors?
yes earthquakes happen at all types of plate boundaries but most of them occur at destructive, collisional, and conservative plate boundaries
Do most earthquakes occur under the ocean floor or on land?
More Earthquakes occur on land.
What percent of earths earthquakes occur along the ring of fire?
About 90% of the world's earthquakes and 80% of the world's largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire.
Where did world's largest earthquakes occur What was the level?
The worlds largest recorded earthquake occurred in southern Chile in 1960. It had a 9.5 mangitude
What biome do earthquakes occur in?
The lithosphere is where earthquakes occur.
What plate boundary do earthquakes usually occur on?
earthquakes only happen at the edge of tectonic plates because of them moving which causes the 'quake' so there are never any BIG earthquakes in the UK because it is in the middle of a tectonic plate
What plate boundary do earthquakes occur?
Earthquakes occur at all plate boundaries.
Do volcanoes occur in oceans and earthquakes occur on land?
Earthquakes and volcanoes both occur in land and ocean. =)
Do most earthquakes occur on fault lines?
Most earthquakes do occur on fault lines.
Do earthquakes occur as earth's plates collide?
Yes that is generally where most earthquakes occur
Where do the worlds earthquakes occur around?
Most earthquakes occur where the edges of Earth's plates are.
What regions do earthquakes mostly occur?
earthquakes usually occur at tectonic plate boundaries
What must be passed for earthquakes to occur?
seismic unit
What geologic events occur at transform boundries?
Earthquakes
