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Which of these factors is involved in earthquake formation?
plates getting larger
rocks breaking
stress that decreases
faults that remain stationary
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Rocks breaking.
Earthquakes occur when stress builds in the crust (usually from plate motions) until rocks along a fault suddenly break or slip, releasing energy as seismic waves. The other choices are not correct: plates don't "get larger" in this sense, decreasing stress doesn't trigger quakes, and faults must move (not remain stationary) to produce an earthquake.
Earthquakes occur when stress builds in the crust (usually from plate motions) until rocks along a fault suddenly break or slip, releasing energy as seismic waves. The other choices are not correct: plates don't "get larger" in this sense, decreasing stress doesn't trigger quakes, and faults must move (not remain stationary) to produce an earthquake.
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