– What are tectonic plates and what contributes to their movement and in turn, the deadly earthquakes?

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– What are tectonic plates and what contributes to their movement and in turn, the deadly earthquakes?

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Answer 1

This 3 minute video on plate tectonics may be of interest, it breaks it down to a simple enough level

Earthquakes happen when the plates rub against each other.
Some have high amounts of friction between plates, so they only move in large jerking movements.

These jerking movements cause the destructive Earthquakes that we experience