What is the estimated number of earthquakes that occur on Earth each year?
How do Earthquakes Happen /What is an Earthquake

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About 10,000
About 100,000
About 1 million
About 500,000
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Which type of plate boundary is characterized by plates moving away from each other?
Subduction
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
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What is a well-known example of a transform boundary?
The Himalayas
The San Andreas Fault
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
The Andes Mountains
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Where do the most violent earthquakes typically occur?
In the middle of tectonic plates
At transform boundaries
In subduction zones
At divergent boundaries
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What natural disaster can be triggered by an earthquake occurring on the ocean floor?
Tsunami
Volcanic eruption
Tornado
Hurricane
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