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PLANETARY INTERIORS
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Question
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Earthquakes most often occur
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in the middle of plates
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near plate boundaries
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where thunderstorms are
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along the coast
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -About 80% of earthquakes occur where plates are pushed together, called convergent boundaries.
Detailed explanation-2: -The belt exists along boundaries of tectonic plates, where plates of mostly oceanic crust are sinking (or subducting) beneath another plate. Earthquakes in these subduction zones are caused by slip between plates and rupture within plates.
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