FAQs
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What is the relationship between active volcanoes and locations of the tectonic plates? What is the relationship to earthquakes?
Plate Tectonics are located around active volcanoes and earthquakes happen when the plates move.
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How do the locations of the earthquakes relate to the location of the tectonic boundaries?
Earthquakes mostly always happen by the edge of the boundary.
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Use the resources on this page to find more information about earthquakes and volcanoes. Has an earthquake ever occurred in your area? Look at great earthquakes of the past. When and where have they occurred? How does this information relate to tectonic activity in those areas?
There has been an earthquake in this area this year. It was in the bremerton area.