GEOLOGY
STRATIGRAPHY
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In dry riverbeds
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Along fault lines
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Along ocean shoreline
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In desert sand dune formations
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Detailed explanation-1: -Faults are fractures in Earth’s crust where movement has occurred. Sometimes faults move when energy is released from a sudden slip of the rocks on either side. Most earthquakes occur along plate boundaries, but they can also happen in the middle of plates along intraplate fault zones.
Detailed explanation-2: -The boundaries between plates contains systems of deep cracks, called faults. Most earthquakes occur along these faults.
Detailed explanation-3: -Earthquakes are the result of sudden movement along faults within the Earth. The movement releases stored-up ‘elastic strain’ energy in the form of seismic waves, which propagate through the Earth and cause the ground surface to shake.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Ring of Fire. The Circum-Pacific belt, also known as the “Ring of Fire”, is the world’s greatest volcanic and earthquake belt, where 81 percent of recorded earthquakes occur. Alpide Belt. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Seismically Most Active Countries.