Social Sciences, asked by pgsaranmathi007, 4 months ago

Earthquakes are caused by the movement of lithospheric plates under the ocean

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Answered by Laraleorapathi

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Hot magma rises from the mantle at mid-ocean ridges pushing the plates apart. Earthquakes occur along the fractures that appear as the plates move apart. ... At subduction zones, the oceanic plate is pushed down, or subducted, below the continental lithosphere.

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