Answer:
The distribution of earthquakes defines the boundaries of Plate Tectonics and fault lines.
Explanation:
- The plates comprise of an outer layer of the Earth Crust, the lithosphere. Infrequently, the molten asthenosphere of the Earth finds a weak place in the lithosphere to upsurge as a plume. At convergent plate boundaries, where two continental plates collide earthquakes are deep and also very powerful. The deepest and the most powerful earthquakes occur at convergent plate boundaries.
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A fault is a crack along which movement and displacement takes place. These are the result of activities with plate tectonics, the largest of which takes place at the plate boundaries.
- Earthquakes occur on faults - strike-slip earthquakes occur on strike-slip faults, normal earthquakes occur on normal faults, and thrust earthquakes occur on thrust or reverse faults. When an earthquake occurs on one of these faults, the rock on one side of the fault slips with respect to the other.
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