can earthquakes happen anywhere?

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I basically want to understand if earthquakes can simply happen anywhere, or if there are some conditions for earthquakes to happen in an area.

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Yes, they can happen anywhere on Earth, since an Earthquake is basically just a shaking of the Earth’s crust that is created by seismic waves. But they occur most often where two tectonic plates in the Earth’s crust meet.

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