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How do plate tectonics influence the occurrence of earthquakes?
How do plate tectonics influence the occurrence of earthquakes?
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Plate tectonics involves the movement of Earth’s lithospheric plates. Earthquakes occur mainly along plate boundaries where plates collide, separate, or slide past each other. The stress accumulation and release at these boundaries cause seismic activity, which we experience as earthquakes.