- Most earthquakes occur on faults located near plate boundaries, but many active faults occur within the interior of plates that are capable of triggering earthquakes. (The point being that you don't need to be close to a plate boundary to have an earthquake.) Last Major Earthquake in ...
occur along stressed fault lines in interior of plates, often below surface rupture zone total size of the fault that slips elastic rebound theory theory that rocks that are strained past a certain point will fracture and spring back to their original shape, the release of energy creates an ea...