GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Earthquakes occur on faults-strike-slip earthquakes occur on strike-slip faults, normal earthquakes occur on normal faults, and thrust earthquakes occur on reverse or thrust faults. When an earthquake occurs on one of these faults, the rock on one side of the fault slips with respect to the other.

Detailed explanation-2: -At convergent plate boundaries, where two continental plates collide earthquakes are deep and also very powerful. In general, the deepest and the most powerful earthquakes occur at plate collision (or subduction) zones at convergent plate boundaries.

Detailed explanation-3: -Faults are features in the Earth’s crust where rock periodically breaks and moves, releasing seismic energy and creating an earthquake.