Why do faults often occur along plate boundaries?

Earthquakes can also occur far from the edges of plates, along faults. Faults are cracks in the earth where sections of a plate (or two plates) are moving in different directions. Faults are caused by all that bumping and sliding the plates do. They are more common near the edges of the plates.

The kinetic energy also decreases when the particles in a liquid state decrease. the liquid is solidifying so the energy is cooling down.

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