Why does Australia not experiencing earthquakes, folding, faulting and having active volcanoes?
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Answer: The land down under is known for many things – beautiful coastlines, surfing paradise, and punchy kangaroos to name just a few – but what the mainland is not known for are active volcanoes, which can also be categorized as dormant or extinct. Even though Australia is home to nearly 150 volcanoes, none of them has erupted for about 4,000 to 5,000 years
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Since Australia sits on top of a very stable because geologically old continental landmass in the middle of a tectonic plate (the Australian Plate) with no major active faults, it has far fewer quakes than areas near plate boundaries or major fault lines.
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