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How do earthquakes happen?
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Earthquakes are caused by the sudden release of energy that has been stored in the Earth's crust. The Earth's crust is made up of a series of tectonic plates that move slowly over the Earth's mantle. When two tectonic plates collide or slide past each other, pressure builds up at the boundary between the plates. This pressure can cause the rocks to deform and store energy.

When the pressure becomes too great, the rocks will suddenly break and the stored energy is released as seismic waves. These waves cause the ground to shake, and this shaking is what we feel during an earthquake.
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So, is it possible to predict when an earthquake will occur?