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OpenStudy (anonymous):

where do most earthquake occur

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Most earthquakes occur near faults. These faults may be strike-slip, normal, or overthrust faults; all of which cause the drift and movement of the tectonic plates below the land, creating the earthquake.

OpenStudy (crystal99):

Like the sanandreas fault?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I would answer the "Ring of Fire," which is the collection of faults surrounding the Pacific Ocean. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire

OpenStudy (crystal99):

True..many earthquakes do occur there.........thanx for the info

OpenStudy (anonymous):

in places near a volcano or in places in the pacific ring of fire.

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