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Where do most earthquakes occur?

a. on the western lowlands of europe
b. around the edge of the pacific ocean
c. in the mountains of africa
d. around the edge of the atlantic ocean?

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The answer is B.

The majority of the Pacific Ocean's edge is a fault line, meaning it shares a boundary with another tectonic plate. When two plates share a boundary, there tends to be seismic activity(earthquakes, volcanic formation, etc.).
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