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Earthquakes occur along faults when built up stress in rocks is released. Most earthquakes happen at plate boundaries but some occur within plates. There are three main types of faults associated with different plate motions: strike-slip faults occur at transform boundaries and fault blocks move past each other, reverse faults happen at convergent boundaries where fault blocks move together, and normal faults form at divergent boundaries with fault blocks moving apart. Earthquakes are measured using the Ric
- Author
- Titus Miranda
- Language
- EN