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What causes earthquakes?

Where do earthquakes begin?

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What causes earthquakes?
- Sudden release of energy when rocks break or slip along faults because of tectonic plate movements (also caused sometimes by volcanic activity or human actions like mining or reservoir filling).

Where do earthquakes begin?
- At a point underground called the focus (or hypocenter); the epicenter is the point on the surface directly above the focus.