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SEISMIC BELT
A narrow, linear zone on the Earth’s surface that experiences seismic activity (i.e. earthquakes). Most of the rest of the Earth’s surface is free from seismic activity. The distribution of seismic belts picks out the Earth’s plate margins. intraplate earthquakes occur away from these zones.
[See alsoplate tectonics, ...
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