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Why do earthquakes often happen in areas where volcanoes are also found

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It’s due to the tectonic plates shifting. The shift in the plates causes volcanos to form and when the plates shift it causes earth quakes. I’m not a scientist I’m just trying to remember what I learned in science. Hopefully that helps. I would honestly just gone tectonic platesearth quales and volcanos.
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